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| Iran politician: 'Iran attack will paralyze West industries' |
| 2011-11-16 |
| [Iran Press TV] An Iranian politician says any form of military action against Iran will cause serious oil supply problems for the West and bring Western industries to complete halt. Mehdi Mehdizadeh, member of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Tuesday that Iran has advanced and fortified facilities in the Persian Gulf and is capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz. "If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz this will cause an increase in oil prices and under such circumstances Western industries will be grounded," Majlis official news agency, ICANA, quoted him as saying. Pointing to widespread protests in the United States and some European countries, the politician said any military attack against Iran would take a heavy toll on these nearly bankrupt economies and add to their economic woes. Referring to recent claims by the UK about an imminent Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Mehdizadeh said Britannia has sought to undermine Iran's position and has spared no effort in this regard since the 1979 Revolution. "After popular revolutions in the region and losing allies such as [the former president of] Egypt, Israel is in no condition to talk [to others] from a position of power unless it has decided to commit suicide," the politician added. On November 6, Israeli President Shimon Peres threatened that an attack against Iran was becoming 'more and more likely.' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Military Affairs Ehud Barak have also reportedly been lobbying the Israeli cabinet to approve of a military strike on Iran. Iranian officials have promised a crushing response to any military strike against the country, warning that any such measure could result in a war that would spread beyond the Middle East. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Well it used to be a dynamic and fertile location, wonder what happened? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-11-16 16:29 |
| #6 Maybe we should go all out and colonize Iran and solve our oil needs. |
| Posted by: Creregum Glolump8403 2011-11-16 15:24 |
| #5 Who was it that said: "Drill baby Drill", they must not have been educated in a Ivy League school. |
| Posted by: bman 2011-11-16 10:44 |
| #4 Let's do what we should have donne after the '73 Oil Embargo; namely, become indepndent at all cost of ME oil. Odd that the "War for Oil" crowd doesn't want us to drill, which leads to more of our young men and women to loose their lives. |
| Posted by: jack salami 2011-11-16 10:31 |
| #3 We don't even really have to attack. An embargo of Iranian oil would put serious heat on the Mullahs very quickly. Could even be done using Somali pirates to take the heat. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-11-16 10:12 |
| #2 Wait and see what a Western attack will do to Iranian industries. They might be back in the seventh century sooner than they expected. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2011-11-16 07:55 |
| #1 Might be worth it. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-11-16 05:32 |