‘Iran oil ban will take toll on world’ - Gayo Lues

Deputy Head of Iran’s Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff Brigadier General Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri said on Saturday that other counties will not collaborate with Washington in imposing an embargo on the Iranian oil industry as they are aware of the “heavy detriments and consequences” of the move.

The EU foreign ministers failed in their attempts to enforce an embargo on Iran’s oil exports during a December 1 meeting in Brussels.

The anti-Iran move by the EU came after the United States, Britain, and Canada imposed unilateral sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s energy and financial sectors over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran has warned that it can respond to proposed Western oil sanctions and threats against the Islamic Republic by choking oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi warned on Tuesday, December 27, that the imposition of oil sanctions against the Islamic Republic will prompt Tehran to prevent oil cargoes from passing through the strategic route.

“If they impose sanctions on Iran‘s oil, not even a drop of oil will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz,” he added.

Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari also announced on Wednesday that the country’s naval forces can readily block the strategic Strait of Hormuz if need be.

The US, Israel, and their allies accuse Iran of pursuing a military nuclear program and have used this allegation as a pretext to convince the UN Security Council to impose four rounds of sanctions on the Islamic Republic.

Iran has refuted the allegations, arguing that as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

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source: Presstv.ir

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