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Tue, 05/24/2011 - 14:24
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Iran Warns of Tough Reaction to Jet Fuel Boycott
TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran warned on Tuesday that any effort by the western countries to block the supply of jet fuel to Iranian airliners under the guise of unilateral sanctions will be reciprocated seriously.
"If these policies (by the western countries) continue, reciprocal action will be taken against any firm or country which has embarked on such a move," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a press conference here in Tehran today.
Asked about Iran's potential reaction to Switzerland after the European country refrained from supplying Iranian airliners with their needed jet fuel, he said, "As we have announced earlier, any kind of disruption or obstacle in this regard (fuel supply) is against international undertakings and regulations."
Yesterday Tehran warned that it would file a lawsuit at the UN against Switzerland which has blocked the supply of jet fuel to Iran under the guise of unilateral sanctions.
"The move runs counter to the international law because according to international conventions, all countries are duty-bound to provide passenger jets with necessary fuel," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said.
"Switzerland's refusal to deliver fuel to Iranian airplanes is contrary to international norms," he added.
On Friday, spokesman for the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) of Switzerland Anton Kohler announced that the planes of Iran's state-owned airline will not be allowed to refuel at the Geneva airport although weekly Tehran-Geneva flights have not been cancelled.
FOCA is responsible for aviation development and the supervision of civil aviation activities in Switzerland.
The US Senate has recently passed a legislation to expand sanctions on foreign companies that invest in Iran's energy sector and those foreign companies that sell refined petroleum to Iran or help develop its refining capacity.
The bill, which later received the approval of the House of Representatives, says companies that continue to sell gasoline and other refined oil products to Iran will be banned from receiving Energy Department contracts to deliver crude to the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The bill was then signed into law by US President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, statistical figures show that the number of the country willing to ignore the US sanction and warning on fuel supplies to Iran has been on the increase in recent months.
Iran and the US are at loggerheads over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad and provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
The US and its western allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
"If these policies (by the western countries) continue, reciprocal action will be taken against any firm or country which has embarked on such a move," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said in a press conference here in Tehran today.
Asked about Iran's potential reaction to Switzerland after the European country refrained from supplying Iranian airliners with their needed jet fuel, he said, "As we have announced earlier, any kind of disruption or obstacle in this regard (fuel supply) is against international undertakings and regulations."
Yesterday Tehran warned that it would file a lawsuit at the UN against Switzerland which has blocked the supply of jet fuel to Iran under the guise of unilateral sanctions.
"The move runs counter to the international law because according to international conventions, all countries are duty-bound to provide passenger jets with necessary fuel," member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Naqavi Hosseini said.
"Switzerland's refusal to deliver fuel to Iranian airplanes is contrary to international norms," he added.
On Friday, spokesman for the Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) of Switzerland Anton Kohler announced that the planes of Iran's state-owned airline will not be allowed to refuel at the Geneva airport although weekly Tehran-Geneva flights have not been cancelled.
FOCA is responsible for aviation development and the supervision of civil aviation activities in Switzerland.
The US Senate has recently passed a legislation to expand sanctions on foreign companies that invest in Iran's energy sector and those foreign companies that sell refined petroleum to Iran or help develop its refining capacity.
The bill, which later received the approval of the House of Representatives, says companies that continue to sell gasoline and other refined oil products to Iran will be banned from receiving Energy Department contracts to deliver crude to the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The bill was then signed into law by US President Barack Obama.
Meanwhile, statistical figures show that the number of the country willing to ignore the US sanction and warning on fuel supplies to Iran has been on the increase in recent months.
Iran and the US are at loggerheads over Tehran's nuclear program. Iran says its nuclear program is a peaceful drive to produce electricity so that the world's fourth-largest crude exporter can sell more of its oil and gas abroad and provide power to the growing number of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.
The US and its western allies allege that Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapons program while they have never presented corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations against the Islamic Republic.
