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Senast redigerad av ZiggeZiggarett 2019-07-28 kl. 14:13.
Senast redigerad av ZiggeZiggarett 2019-07-28 kl. 14:13.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-usa-pompeo-idUSKCN1UK30G
Pompeo says he'd go to Iran if needed as he asks U.S. allies to join maritime force
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-rebuffs-european-efforts-to-defuse-gulf-tensions-11564320717
Iran Rebuffs European Efforts to Defuse Gulf Tensions
Tehran won’t release a British-flagged tanker in return for its own vessel, warned against a European military deployment in the Gulf
Pompeo says he'd go to Iran if needed as he asks U.S. allies to join maritime force
Citat:
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday he was willing to go to Iran for talks amid tensions between Tehran and Washington, but also called on Japan, Britain and other nations to join a maritime force to guard oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Asked if he would be willing to go to Tehran, Pompeo said in an interview with Bloomberg TV: “Sure. If that’s the call, I’d happily go there... I would welcome the chance to speak directly to the Iranian people.”
Asked if he would be willing to go to Tehran, Pompeo said in an interview with Bloomberg TV: “Sure. If that’s the call, I’d happily go there... I would welcome the chance to speak directly to the Iranian people.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-rebuffs-european-efforts-to-defuse-gulf-tensions-11564320717
Iran Rebuffs European Efforts to Defuse Gulf Tensions
Tehran won’t release a British-flagged tanker in return for its own vessel, warned against a European military deployment in the Gulf
Citat:
Iran rebuffed European efforts to defuse tensions in the Persian Gulf, calling military escorts to secure shipping a provocation and rejecting U.K. terms for resolving a crisis over seized tankers.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had hinted last week that a tanker exchange would lower the pressure with the U.K. after Iran seized the Swedish-owned, British-flagged Stena Impero tanker earlier this month in the Persian Gulf. The move was widely viewed as retaliation for the detention of Iranian tanker Grace 1 in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
But on Sunday, an Iranian government spokesman said Tehran isn’t willing to first release the Stena Impero in return for the Grace 1. Iran also rebuffed a key demand from Britain for releasing the Grace 1: That its 2 million barrels of oil not go to Syria. U.K. officials have said they seized the tanker to enforce a European Union embargo on oil sales to Syria.
“Our position is clear regarding the stolen Iranian ship: They should end the robbery,” Ali Rabie, Iran’s government spokesman, said of the authorities in the U.K. and Gibraltar, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
Then Iran “will decide based on goodwill” whether to release the Stena Impero, he added. Regarding not selling oil to Syria, Mr. Rabie said: “There is no reason for us to now give a guarantee.”
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had hinted last week that a tanker exchange would lower the pressure with the U.K. after Iran seized the Swedish-owned, British-flagged Stena Impero tanker earlier this month in the Persian Gulf. The move was widely viewed as retaliation for the detention of Iranian tanker Grace 1 in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.
But on Sunday, an Iranian government spokesman said Tehran isn’t willing to first release the Stena Impero in return for the Grace 1. Iran also rebuffed a key demand from Britain for releasing the Grace 1: That its 2 million barrels of oil not go to Syria. U.K. officials have said they seized the tanker to enforce a European Union embargo on oil sales to Syria.
“Our position is clear regarding the stolen Iranian ship: They should end the robbery,” Ali Rabie, Iran’s government spokesman, said of the authorities in the U.K. and Gibraltar, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.
Then Iran “will decide based on goodwill” whether to release the Stena Impero, he added. Regarding not selling oil to Syria, Mr. Rabie said: “There is no reason for us to now give a guarantee.”
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