Iran lawmakers prepare to close the Strait of Hormuz
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http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/2...
Iran's MPs debate Strait of Hormuz closure
Iranian MPs sign a draft law aimed at blocking Europe-bound oil tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's MPs debate Strait of Hormuz closure
Iranian MPs sign a draft law aimed at blocking Europe-bound oil tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz.
Mermaid said:
TheHeretic said:
It's weird how we view sanctions on someone else as no big deal, but when the other way, it is arms in the air time!
Guys with the biggest guns are always right and have the high moral ground, didn't you know Jimbeaux said:
TheHeretic said:
Jimbeaux said:
That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.
To ships heading to certain places as far as I know... Article said:
Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has drafted a bill calling for Iran to try to stop oil tankers from shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz to countries that support sanctions against it.
"There is a bill prepared in the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Parliament that stresses the blocking of oil tanker traffic carrying oil to countries that have sanctioned Iran," Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying on Monday.
Sounds quite specific."There is a bill prepared in the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Parliament that stresses the blocking of oil tanker traffic carrying oil to countries that have sanctioned Iran," Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying on Monday.
TheHeretic said:
Jimbeaux said:
TheHeretic said:
Jimbeaux said:
That is not an embargo, that is someone closing an international shipping channel.
To ships heading to certain places as far as I know... Article said:
Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has drafted a bill calling for Iran to try to stop oil tankers from shipping crude through the Strait of Hormuz to countries that support sanctions against it.
"There is a bill prepared in the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Parliament that stresses the blocking of oil tanker traffic carrying oil to countries that have sanctioned Iran," Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying on Monday.
Sounds quite specific."There is a bill prepared in the National Security and Foreign Policy committee of Parliament that stresses the blocking of oil tanker traffic carrying oil to countries that have sanctioned Iran," Iranian MP Ibrahim Agha-Mohammadi was quoted by Iran's parliamentary news agency as saying on Monday.
There are other nations that sell oil and use the Strait.
Edited by Jimbeaux on Tuesday 3rd July 14:53
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