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Iran softens line on cutting oil to Europe

FT.com -- Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union oil embargo that comes into effect in July may be only a symbolic one.

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Rostam Ghasemi, Iran’s oil minister, on Saturday said that any cut-off in Iranian oil supplies would target “hostile states” and should not harm European people in winter. “We will certainly cut [oil exports] to some European states,” Mr Ghasemi said, but gave no indication on timi


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As the world turns
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right on
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Call their bluff.
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Big talkers until they see our aircraft carrier sitting in their front yard!
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 3:42:00 PM

Iran softens line on cutting oil to Europe, they need the money and will sell to whomever has that money. Another problem are the countries ‘buying oil’ from Iran. Iran has a big mouth and needs to be taught a lesson about playing correctly in the global playground. Israel can carry a big stick and smack Iran hard!
The price of fuel at the pump is too high!
12/22/2012!
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Blah, Blah, Blah....
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More saber rattling
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I am sure that we own a Russian cruise missile we could send into their Parliament...
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This counrty needs a good embargo.
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 1:25:22 PM

ha...lol...so they want to sell and play nice.
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I think they need the cash!
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Vote Obama out in 2012!!!
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Until 5 minutes from now...
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Hard to believe anything from those folks.
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Who can trust anything Iran says or does?
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we'll pay
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cut their throat
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what all this really means is ..hold on to your wallets...gas is going even higher...
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ok
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Here we go again
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ok.
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:54:19 PM

As long as Iran does not attempt to stop oil from moving through the Strait, let them sell to whomever is willing to buy it.
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Since sanctions have worked so well against Cuba for the last 50+ years (NOT), we should use them more often as a international negotiating tool (NOT, AGAIN).
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Just a typical cat and mouse game between political powers.
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with all that hot air they could melt the ice at the north pole and the things they have done have driven up gas prices higher again
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:42:40 PM

This issue might be interesting to watch ... but I don't see why China would not buy as much oil as Iran needs to sell ... they supported them in the UN!
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Old news.
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bomb
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America made a big mistake in war when someone attacks us than we stomp them to the ground we leave them that way on the ground we should not rebuild them if we had done this other country's would be afraid of the USA remember if you mess with the BULL you get the HORN
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Europe is not what I worry about, it is the US that needs help
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:41:05 PM

same old iran

talk the talk

never, EVER walk the walk
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Bluffing and posturing.
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:37:43 PM

I'd like to see them try to bite off their own nose to thumb Europe.
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:35:50 PM

Yup, cutting oil to a Europe that is walking a tightrope between solvency and bankruptcy is a swell idea! Tip over that domino that propels the whole Western world back into full-fledged recession. That will increase demand for your oil!

Morons.
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Iran is a blow-hard, but when challenged, they back down.
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:34:19 PM

Iran is a dictatorship and are saying if your nice to us we will make sure you continue to receive our oil. I say Iran is just black mailing nations and also need to sell their oil or have a revolution and big change in government.
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iran needs the income more than europe needs the oil.
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Thank you for posting.
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For how long?
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ok
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what a nice bunch of guys.
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 12:23:29 PM

Riiiight. Cut supplies to the people that have imbargoed you. That will show them.
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Meh.
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I don't understand why we are still dealing with the Iranian's. after all that has been going on, and all the places we can purchase oil. What is
"really" going on here????????????
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Politics...
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Games from afar, if our government had any sense, we would keep our oil local and make the contentious sand box irrelevant again.
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ok
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The solution to Iran's "radical adventurism" is to create a "nuclear wasteland" over the geographical locations in which their "'peaceful' nuclear activities" are located.
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I bet they're all in it together to keep prices up.
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F Iran
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