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'Iran invasion will triple oil price'
[Iran Press TV] A senior Iranian politician says Iran's geopolitical position ensures that the slightest act of aggression against the country will drive oil prices through the roof.Member of the Majlis (Parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mohammad-Karim Abedi said on Tuesday that Iran will be the one to take the final decision if it is militarily attacked and such an attack would increase oil prices by threefold. Abedi's remarks follow November 6 remarks by Israeli President Shimon Peres, who threatened that an attack against Iran was becoming "more and more likely." The United States and Israel have repeatedly threatened Tehran with an attack under the pretext that Iran's nuclear program may have a covert military aspect. Tehran has categorically refuted the West's allegations, saying as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. 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. "Just as the Socialist economy disintegrated, today, the Liberal economy is falling to pieces, and that is the reason the US and the Zionists [Israelis], who have maintained their inauspicious existence through threats and intimidation opt to threaten nations," Fars News Agency quoted Abedi as saying. "But they should know that the existence of the Zionist regime [of Israel] will end forever with the smallest measure it takes against Iran," he warned. He further rejected allegations spearheaded by the US and Israel against Iran's peaceful nuclear energy program and reminded that as a member of the international Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran has the right to obtain its civilian nuclear needs. Abedi condemned Israel's control over the IAEA ahead of the agency's upcoming report on Iran's nuclear activity, and called on Director General, Yukiya Amano to "convey the realities to the international community" instead of relying on the lies the US and Israel have hurled against the Iranian nation. "Iran has passed the nuclear issue and we are a nuclear and independent country, and thus a war against Iran is a war against humanity and democracy," he insisted. The Iranian politician downplayed Israeli war rhetoric against the Iran, saying the regime is "too small" for a military attack against the Islamic Theocratic Republic. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-09 |
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