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| Iran rejects claims of planes denied refueling |
| 2010-07-07 |
| Iran rejected on Tuesday claims by some of its officials that fresh U.S. sanctions on Tehran had prompted airports in Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates to refuse to refuel its planes. "The refueling of our planes is continuing," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters. "That information is false," he said when asked to confirm reports that airports in Britain, Germany and the UAE had refused to refuel Iranian passenger planes in accordance with Washington's latest sanctions on Tehran. On Monday, Mehdi Aliyari, secretary of the Iranian Airlines Union, told ISNA news agency that Iranian planes were being refused fuel at airports in the three countries. "Since last week, after the passing of the unilateral law by America and the sanctions against Iran, airports in England, Germany and the UAE have refused to give fuel to Iranian planes," Aliyari said, adding that operations of national carrier Iran Air and private airliner Mahan Air had been affected. Kazem Jalali, lawmaker and spokesman of the Iranian parliament's committee on foreign policy and national security, was quoted Monday by the Iran News daily as making identical allegations against the same three countries. Despite the foreign ministry's rejection of the claims, Jalali on Tuesday warned of consequences should fuel be denied to Iranian planes. "If any action is taken against the fuelling of the Islamic republic's planes, we will retaliate and answer with seriousness any extremist move on this issue," Jalali told ISNA. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 No fuel? Is there a CITGO station nearby? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-07-07 09:07 |
| #1 Yup we deny any such thing ever happened. (Face saving Complete) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2010-07-07 08:19 |