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| Iran to sue over European refusal to refuel planes |
| 2010-10-31 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Iran is taking legal action in The Hague against global oil majors who are refusing to refuel its Europe-bound flights under US pressure, a top aviation official said on Saturday. 'Iran, through appropriate channels, is taking legal measures and the issue has been raised in The Hague tribunal and lawyers have been appointed to pursue the issue,' Farhad Parvaresh, chief executive of state carrier Iran Air, was quoted as saying on official news agency IRNA. He did not specify before which court in the Netherlands the suit was being lodged. Iran warned on October 19 that it would 'confront' Western companies for refusing to refuel its planes in Europe, which it deemed illegal under international law. Parvaresh said the United States was forcing the companies to refuse fuel to the aircraft. 'The companies, who have been forced under American pressure to refuse fuel to Iranian airplanes, are the real losers as they are incurring losses and asking for these restrictions to be lifted,' he said. European authorities and airports have been silent about the reported measures which are separate to unilateral action the EU imposed soon after the UN Security Council adopted a fourth set of sanctions against Tehran on June 9. Unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States, however, target gasoline and jet fuel supplies to Iran. A European diplomat said it was US pressure was behind the action taken by the major oil companies. 'The US is using pressure, threats and confusion. We are (operating) outside of any legal framework,' the official said on condition of anonymity. Separately, Iranian officials are acknowledging that international sanctions imposed on the country over its nuclear program have dramatically increased the cost of living, but they say the penalties will ultimately prove futile. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > US: IRAN CAN PRODUCE ENOUGH HEU FOR NUKE BOMB IN ONE YEAR, ASSEMBLE COMPLETE BOMB IN 3-5 YEARS. IOW, Iran may have a Uranium NucBomb 2013-2015. Lest we fergit, MSM-NET > IRAN is also repor working on dev POST-URANIUM NUCMAT TECH = PRODUC PROCESSES [Hydrogen, Plutonium, etc]. IMO ARTIC also read, NORTH KOREA NUKES. LR MISSLES; + PAKISTAN TECHS COLLUSION = TRANSFERS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-31 22:34 |