Iran announces that you suspended the export of crude oil to some European countries

Iran today announced that suspended the export of crude oil to some countries in Europe, which is not specified, and suggested to the European Union (EU) to review its decision to ban imports of Iranian oil, local media reported.

speaking in Tehran, the Iranian Oil Minister, Rostam Qasemi, said today that Iran shall cease with security of export oil to some European countries faced with Iran and keep them others less hostile, said the local agency Mehr.

"We will decide on exports to European countries in the future," said Qasemi, commenting on the decision of the EU to ban imports of Iranian crude, from next July 1, if Tehran does not suspend its nuclear programme.

Qasemi expressed his hope that the EU "will reconsider its decision to impose sanctions on oil exports of Iran".

In his opinion, "the European Union has given way to the" u000a"pressure of United States", country to which Tehran considers its main enemy, along with Israel, which threatened military attacks if not suspended its nuclear program to Iran.

in any case, Qasemi said that, although the sanctions prevent them from exporting oil, "Iran not leave its nuclear program, although it can sell anything from crude oil", said the official agency IRNA.

Despite that, in his opinion, "countries like China, Korea of the South, or the India (some of the main buyers of Iranian crude oil) is very unlikely to join oil sanctions against Iran".

Condemned the Minister of the Tehran government sanctions against Iran and said: "Iran is not intended to create tension in the region and is interested in establishing stability in the area" of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.

Yesterday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the Friday sermon at Tehran University, the main gallery u000athe country's policy, also warned that they would take retaliatory measures against Western sanctions to Iran, in particular in the oil field.

Khamenei noted that it would support anyone who opposes Israel, which Tehran does not recognize, said that the threat of military strikes us against Iran hurts "ten times more" American interests than in its country and reiterated that occur, they will not be unanswered.

in recent months, United States and the EU have hardened their positions and penalties on Iran to try to abandon its nuclear program, especially in the oil and banking fields.

Iran is located in the middle of a controversy over its nuclear program, that part of the international community, with the us in the lead, believes it has a military dimension to make atomic bombs, which Tehran denies and maintains that it is exclusively civil and objectives u000apeaceful.

United States and Israel Iran have threatened military strikes, and Tehran has responded that it will give an "overwhelming" response, in particular against the territory of Israel and bases and us ships in the area.

in addition, Iran has said that, in the event of being attacked, it could close the Strait of Hormuz, the mouth of the Persian Gulf and by where you spend tankers that carry 20 percent of oil consumed worldwide, which could create a conflict of unpredictable consequences

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