{"id":5861,"date":"2012-06-26T09:25:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T13:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1001harf.com\/W3\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2012-06-26T09:25:49","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T13:25:49","slug":"iran-crisis-hit-eu-must-rethink-iran-oil-embargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1001harf.com\/iran-crisis-hit-eu-must-rethink-iran-oil-embargo\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran: Crisis-hit EU must rethink Iran oil embargo"},"content":{"rendered":"
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) \u2014 The European Union’s embargo on Iranian oil sales is “on the wrong track” and won’t help end a dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program, Iran’s foreign minister declared Tuesday, warning the EU to avoid actions that may jeopardize fuel supplies to its crisis-hit nations.<\/p>\n
Minister Ali Akbar Salehi appealed to the EU to rethink the embargo with “more rationality and wisdom,” saying it contributes nothing to negotiations aimed at ending Iran’s uranium enrichment program, which the West suspects is being used to build nuclear weapons. Iran vehemently denies the charge.<\/p>\n
“We see no point in moving in the wrong direction because that wouldn’t benefit either side,” Salehi told reporters during an official visit to the divided eastern Mediterranean island.<\/p>\n
Salehi said the embargo against Europe’s “reliable partner” in oil comes at an inopportune time for a bloc facing its own financial crisis.<\/p>\n
“To look for a reliable partner for energy, which is a lifeline for any country, is an important issue to note,” he said. “We are already supplying energy to Greece to Spain, to Italy, and they have always enjoyed very good relationships with us and we see no point as to why we should hamper that relationship.”<\/p>\n