Iran’s Nour news agency, issued a report cautioning the US against making any moves against fuel shipments to Venezuela, saying that they are acting “just like pirates” and could face repercussions for such moves.
The report came in response to reports of US warships being sent to the Caribbean. Nour is said to be close to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and often makes statements intended to represent de facto Guards policy.
US officials issued an “advisory” against Iran-flagged tankers, accusing them of using “deceptive” practices to get shipments sent in violation of US sanctions. They also condemned Syria and North Korea in the advisory.
This is probably meant to raise uncertainty over US intentions, even though physically going after the tanker in international waters would be extremely escalatory and unlikely. Iran’s “deceptive” activity only amounts to sending oil to places the US doesn’t want it sent, and the US doesn’t want Iran to sell anywhere, so that must be everywhere.
It is up to the World to ensure “freedom of navigation ” to ALL Nations . They talk about freedom of navigation in the South China Seas and rail against China BUT IN FACT THE BIGGEST ROGUE NATION IS THE US .
The US is truly an Evil Empire. They impose sanctions on any country that doesn’t behave the way the US thinks it should, and they don’t care how much suffering the sanctions cause.
we are not liking it that those two are attempting to buddy up with each other. they will both go bankrupt trying to refine that muck that venezuela is trying to dredge up. ironically it matched up well with our fracked oil in west texas only because we know the techniques far better than those two bumblers. we’ll sanction oil drum seal valves if we so desire to thwart them just for spite.
You are either thoroughly brainwashed by American propaganda or you’re being sarcastic, hard to tell which one.
Seems odd they would be shipping fuel I would think it is more likely to be naphtha the solvent used in making Venezuela’s heavy crude fluid enough to pump.
Sanctions have made it hard to import this from normal sources.
Yankee does mean pirate.
The US admin. are a bunch of hypocrites, brainless morons and pathetic.
That’s offensive to pirates, good honest thieves who don’t pretend to be humanitarians.
Yo-Ho-Ho and a barrel of oil!
I agree. Sorry to all pirates who I offended.
Iran seems to be daring an attack more than trying to prevent one.
If the U.S. went after anything, it would be Iranian flights ferrying payment in gold for Venezuelan oilfield service work.