Russia warns war with Iran would block oil flows

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Friday that any attempt to wage war on Iran could disrupt the flow of oil to Western countries and prompt a flow of refugees to Russia.

“It is a key region for the provision of hydrocarbons, mainly to Western countries, and any disruption of that would provoke serious crises,” he said during an interview with Rossiya public television.


He said war with Iran would also create a “flow of refugees” from Iran’s northwestern Azerbaijan region, which borders the republic of Azerbaijan, itself a neighbour of Russia’s.

Refugees could move “towards Russia which has an open border with Azerbaijan — we have a no-visa policy — and that is also a problem,” he said.

Middle East Online