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US expected to keep oil embargo even if Iran nuclear deal struck
A unilateral U.S. oil embargo on Iran is expected to remain in place even if a long-term nuclear agreement between Tehran and six world powers is reached that includes an easing of international sanctions, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
The embargo pre-dates the decade-long nuclear dispute with Iran. Washington cut off diplomatic ties with Tehran during a hostage crisis shortly following the 1979 Islamic Revolution and began imposing sanctions around the same time.
“The American domestic oil embargo is expected to remain in place even if a comprehensive agreement is reached,” the U.S. official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Western diplomats say U.S. companies would be unhappy about being left out if European Union and U.N. sanctions are lifted, allowing non-U.S. firms to resume business with the Islamic Republic. Iranian officials say they would have no problem with American oil companies returning to Iran.
The U.S. official spoke after Iran and the six powers – Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States – agreed on an agenda and schedule for talks aimed at ending the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
Earlier, a senior U.S. official said the United States would like to see sanctions lifted, but that cannot happen until an agreement on Iran’s nuclear project is reached. Another U.S. official said those remarks referred only to sanctions imposed after the dispute over the nuclear program broke out in 2002.
3 Comments on "US expected to keep oil embargo even if Iran nuclear deal struck"
Davy, Hermann, MO on Fri, 21st Feb 2014 2:02 pm
Politically will we ever reach a point where we acknowledge our interconnectivity in this global economy? Or will the politicians, religious leaders, and so called smart minds pursue self-preservation and self-centered national policies. Every political player in this Iranian game is wrong if we acknowledge these facts. It may be that their bet is on a better outcome than the opponent in this high stakes poker game. The stakes are truly high. We have good choices here unlike good choices with food, water, energy, finance, and climate instability. “IF” we can’t sort through this then I fear forget any progress elsewhere. A misstep on this issue is a game-ender. At this point with all the other tipping point waiting in the wings a conflict in the ME would create a contagion that would bring the BAU system down. Some of you want a quick end to BAU. I am saying can we have a little more time. At least can we as a global humanity create a UN army of engineers, scientist, and security officials to secure our industrial man’s poisons and WMD. Friends we will not survive a loss of control of these game ending poisons and weapons. At least we will not have any kind of quality of life. I also see harm to all the DNA in life that will have long term consequences if the world is irradiated. Yet, maybe we are doomed to fight nature’s rules of extinction and evolution. This may be beyond our abilities as a species. “BUT” that does not mean giving up in my mind. Persevering in the face of adversity is the part of human nature we can admire hence the medals of Honor to all soldiers of the world. I am like @ghung, N/R, GregT, DC, Makati and others here at this point it will be interesting to watch. No one will listen to a loon like me. My family, friends, and especially Joe Blow on the street have no interest in my squawking. Enjoy life while you can and fasten your seat belts!
ghung on Fri, 21st Feb 2014 7:01 pm
Still sucking up to the House of Saud after all these years. I guess it’s impossible to elect anyone with new ideas these days.
@Davy – What we have here is a society-wide case of “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil”; people clinging desperately to their comfort zones as long as they can. Indeed, seems the worse things get, the more folks will insist things will be fine “as long as we…., if we could only…., if ‘those people’ would just….” Denial is the survival mechanism that does nothing to promote survival. It isn’t so much that most folks aren’t capable of critical thinking; just that they don’t have the capacity to deal with the revelations. In short, they’re terrified. That’s why they need stories, not reality.
The question is, what happens when they get jerked out of their trance? [see Egypt, Syria, Ukraine, etc., for my best guess]
DC on Fri, 21st Feb 2014 7:22 pm
Of course amerikas illegal ‘sanctions’ will remain in place. If the(stated) goal was to actually stop Irans non-existent ‘nukes’, then they would be removed. But since the goal of the rogue Us regime was never about nuclear weapons that even dont exist, the ‘sanctions’ stay.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/02/21/irans-real-nuclear-revolution/