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| Bitten by Vienna vote, Iran vows vengeance on India |
| 2005-09-27 |
| India's vote "came as a great surprise to us", particularly since Tehran signed a $22bn liquefied natural gas deal with New Delhi this June India's Vienna vote could well seal the fate of this heightened oil diplomacy initiated by the two countries in recent months. Mr Asefi on Tuesday said, "We will send a letter of objection to the countries that voted for the resolution," warning the 22 countries which voted for the resolution on Saturday, of economic consequences. "Iran will revise these (economic and trade) relations and these countries will suffer. Our economic and political relations are coordinated with each other," Mr Asefi said. This echoes Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's comment last month that, "economic ties are not irrelevant to political ties", with countries which "fail to recognise Iran's legitimate rights". "India's vote was a blow to Iran's attempt to turn this into a developed world versus a developing world debate," US Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said over the weekend. This celebration of Iran's isolation from the world, deserted as it stands by known friends like India, has sent Iran into a defiant mode. |
| Posted by:john |
| #9 This Iranian pres is making our job so easy I wonder if he is not a Manchuring Canadite from the Bushitler ROVEEEVVVVVV alein Oil clone conspiracy...right Ah but for real this guy is a idiot. You dont make friends by openly threating everyone and in this case the Iranians mistake was that they should have pulled a Saddam, oil development rights contracts to the boys. Saddam knew everyone has a price you just have to bid up to it. Hell just ask France, Russia, ect... Oh well I guess Russia did get the bid from Iran. The problem with Russia is they are well known through history of sellen out playin both sides against the middle and just aint what they used to be. China ehhh the US has a lot of ways to bribe them like not pinching off the IV they got stuck in our jugular vein sucking the life out of our Industry. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2005-09-28 00:02 |
| #8 It seems especially stupid for Iran to threaten anyone at this time. When you're a rogue pretending to be one of the boys, tis wise to sit with a poker face rather than react at all, no ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-09-27 21:17 |
| #7 It's "Gaza Syndrome" -- the hardliners would rather take the whole country down with them than compromise with anyone on anything. The problem is that the U.N., the EU, and such have given the hardliners delusions of legitimacy instead of demanding civil behavior. Iran is the screaming child in the supermarket. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-09-27 20:08 |
| #6 Iran is pissing off everyone in the world (except russia), I'm going to laugh out loud when someone sets their ass on fire. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-09-27 19:44 |
| #5 "The Iran(t)ians think they got indies over a barrow, literally. Oh, the sweet but rotting smell of blackmail." Except that it's but a commodity on a world market. They have to sell to someone. My first guess is that the recent runup in world price has caused the Iranians to want to RENEGOTIATE the selling price more than anything else. |
| Posted by: Dave 2005-09-27 19:20 |
| #4 The Iran(t)ians think they got indies over a barrow, literally. Oh, the sweet but rotting smell of blackmail. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-27 18:11 |
| #3 The LNG deal is dead and now the pipeline deal is dead. Iran warns India on nuclear vote Iran has singled India out for criticism over Delhi's support for Iran to be referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear plans. India and Iran are in negotiations over a $7bn gas pipeline deal that would help India's energy supply problems. |
| Posted by: john 2005-09-27 18:04 |
| #2 How long until India acheives Satan status like us and Israel? I'm no Henry Kissinger but does it make a lot of sense for Iran to vow vengeance against yet another nuclear capable country? |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-09-27 17:43 |
| #1 Didn't take them long to retaliate. 21 billion dollar LNG deal is off says Iran |
| Posted by: john 2005-09-27 17:25 |