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Brazil’s state oil company denies fuel to 2 Iranian ships
[IsraelTimes] Petrobras says vessels belong to a company sanctioned by the United States.Brazil’s state oil company has refused to supply two Iranian ships anchored in the southern port of Paraná because they belong to a company sanctioned by the United States. Petrobras said in a statement Friday that the Iranian ships, which were hired by an export-import company, appear on a list of the US government’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. "If Petrobras supplies the ships, it runs the risk of being sanctioned and included on the same list and suffer serious harm," the statement said. In addition, Petrobras said, the ships arrived from Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan,the abbreviation IRGCis a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either Shahor Führeror maybe both, and they hate transporting urea, which is subject to sanctions by the United States. Urea is used in manufacturing fertilizer, which is important for Brazil’s big agriculture sector, but it also is an ingredient for explosives. "Brazilian companies were warned by us of that problem (US sanctions on Iran) and are at risk in that sense," President Jair Bolsonaro said when asked about the ships by journalists in Brasilia, the capital. Bolsonaro noted that he is getting "increasingly" close to US President Donald Trump ...the Nailer of NAFTA... , who pulled the US out of the Iran nuclear deal with world powers last year and imposed economic sanctions on Tehran. Iran is one of the main buyers of Brazilian agricultural products. The Tehran government has not publicly commented on the matter. Petrobras said there were other fuel companies in Paraná that could supply the Iranian ships. It did not provide the name of the export-import company that hired the vessels or say where the firm is based. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had limited its involvement to providing information to Petrobras. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-20 |
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