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This thread was in issues but moved by the mods, not serious enough or some rules were being ignored.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by DrAndy
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Originally Posted by OhOh
bastards, some mod couldn't handle poor Harry posting his "news" day after day and sent it here to pollute our lounge
Don't blame me, I think some of the mods are twats as well.
:)
http://"http://english.farsnews.com/...nn=8101301221"
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" India renewed its resolve to continue oil imports from Iran despite the sanctions imposed on Iranian crude exports by the US and the European Union. India is bound by UN sanctions, but "unilateral sanctions imposed by countries or group of countries shouldn't impact legitimate trade relations with Iran," Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna Krishna told lawmakers in a written reply in the upper house of parliament.
He said New Delhi's crude oil imports from Tehran are guided by India's energy needs.
India has vaulted to the top of the list of Iran's oil customers, overtaking China, in a first-quarter buying surge despite the West's tighter sanctions against Tehran, data published by a leading industry consultant showed.
Direct imports to India from Iran were 433,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the first quarter, compared with 256,000 bpd to China, according to data compiled by Geneva's Petrologistics and seen by Reuters via an industry source.
The Indian import figure was up by around 23 percent from the 351,0000 bpd imported over the same period of 2011 and significantly above the its 2011 average of 326,000 bpd.
The Petrologistics figures, however, reinforce indications that India has stepped up imports. "
^ And, like China, they're probably getting an awesome fucking discount!
:)
probably the same discount that the UK is receiving from Iraq :rolleyes:
or the Belgians from immigrant katoeys
Oh pray, do tell us how much oil Iraq sells to Britain?Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
You fucking retard.
:rofl:
immigrant katoys are always more expensive in Belgium
Not as much as the crusader coalition's oil companies would like.Quote:
Originally Posted by harrybarracuda
That would be fuck all then.Quote:
Originally Posted by OhOh
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Fars News Agency :: Iran Exports $48.5bln Worth of Non-Oil Products in One Year
"Iran exported over $48.5bln worth of non-oil products in the last Iranian year (March 21, 2011 to March 19, 2012), First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said.
The country seeks to raise the value of its non-oil exports to $70 billion in the current Iranian year (started March 20), Rahimi said in Beirut on Wednesday.
He referred to the country's imports of $60 billion in the last Iranian year and said if the intended target for exports is achieved this year, it would be the first time that the value of the country's exports exceed that of its imports.
The Iranian official put the value of Iran's non-oil exports in the last Iranian year at more than $48.5 billion.
Late in December, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lauded the country's growing non-oil exports, and said Iran's non-oil exports will equal its imports in the next Iranian year.
"The value of Iran's non-oil exports in 2005 was $7bln but it has already reached $32.6bln under the present government and will reach $45bln this year," Ahmadinejad announced at the time.
"God willing, non-oil exports will equal (Iran's) imports by the end of 1391 (march 19, 2013)," he said, adding, "That would be a great revolution in the country's economy.""
I would imagine their biggest export behind petrochemicals is electricity, and they do have a lot of spare oil and gas at the moment.
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Iran denies sharp cut in oil exports to China, Japan
By Siavosh Ghazi (AFP) – 1 day ago
TEHRAN — Iran's state-run oil company is denying that China and Japan had sharply cut imports of Iranian crude, maintaining Tehran's assertions that economic sanctions imposed by the West were having little effect.
Mohsen Qamsari, international affairs director of the National Iranian Oil Co, told the Mehr news agency that exports to China "have not decreased at all" and that "all of the contracts between Japanese refineries and NIOC have been extended until the end of the year."
He disputed official Chinese data showing imports of Iranian crude had fallen by more than half in March from a year earlier, and rejected reports that Japan may have cut its Iranian oil imports in April by 80 percent.
China and Japan are the biggest customers for Iran's oil, alongside India and the European Union.
While the EU is poised to fully implement an embargo on Iranian oil from July 1, China and India have been publicly resisting joining the Western sanctions. Japan has gone along with them sufficiently to satisfy its chief ally, the United States.
The denials by NIOC about the Asian power-houses came as Iran is preparing for a new round of talks with the P5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) in Baghdad on May 23 that will focus on the sanctions and Tehran's nuclear programme.
Iran's officials have been increasingly demanding that the sanctions targeting oil exports be lifted, while insisting that they were ineffective.
Official data from China and Japan, though, showed that their purchases of Iranian oil had dropped.
China's customs service figures showed March imports of Iranian oil had fallen by more than half to between 220,000 and 280,000 barrels per day, according to Dow Jones Newswires.
But Qamsari said "a 54 percent decrease in export of Iranian crude to China is not true," according to Mehr last week.
"On average 500,000 barrels of oil (per day) is exported to China in the current situation," he said.
"Oil exports to Chinese refineries in the current year have not decreased at all," he was quoted as saying.
He added to the oil ministry's official SHANA news website: "Not only the volume of Iran's exports to China has not dropped, it has increased compared to last year."
On Wednesday, Qamsari told Mehr that exports were also normal with Japan, with all Japanese refinery contracts extended.
"On average about 220,000 barrels of Iranian crude are exported to Japan each day," he said.
However, data from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry showed that Japan imported 36 percent less oil from Iran in March 2012 from a year earlier -- 1,334,012 kilolitres versus 2,096,400 kilolitres.
During the same period, Japan upped oil imports from other nations, with shipments from Saudi Arabia rising 14 percent, the data showed.
The Nikkei business daily has said Japan's Iranian oil imports could have fallen as much as 80 percent in April as EU sanctions make it tougher to get maritime insurance for the shipments.
US President Barack Obama, in a Washington news conference on Monday with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, said: "The regime in Tehran is now feeling the economic screws tighten, and one of the reasons is that countries like Japan made the decision to reduce oil imports from Iran."
Iran relies on oil exports for around two-thirds of its foreign currency earnings.
The Islamic republic is the second biggest exporter in OPEC, after Saudi Arabia. Last year, it exported some 2.6 million barrels per day of the 3.5 million bpd it pumped out of its huge reserves.
The United States and the European Union have imposed their economic sanctions on Iran to pressure it over its disputed nuclear programme.
The West and the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency suspect the programme includes a drive to develop the capability to make atomic weapons, despite Iran's repeated denials.
Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.
Fars News Agency :: Turnout in Tehran Up by 10% Compared with Previous Run-Off Votes
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Iran Wraps Up Parliament Elections after Announcing Results of Run-Off Vote
"TEHRAN (FNA)- The ninth parliamentary elections in Iran officially came to and end after the results of the Friday's run-off elections were announced by the Iranian interior ministry on Saturday.
Iran on Friday held the second round of the country's ninth parliamentary elections in Tehran and many other cities across the country.
According to Iranian interior ministry figures, about 135 candidates were vying for the remaining 65 parliamentary seats.
In Tehran, 50 candidates were competing with each other once again to win one of the remaining 25 seats left for Tehran in the runoff elections. A total of 225 candidates succeeded in securing the required majority of votes to win parliamentary seats in the first round on March 2. The run-off vote for the remaining 65 parliament seats was held in the Iranian capital of Tehran and 17 other provinces.
Meantime, Spokesman of Iran's Guardian Council (GC) Abbas Ali Kadkhodayee said that the final results of the ninth parliamentary elections will be announced on May 11 after the approval of the council, although early election results were revealed on Saturday evening. "Based on the plans and our time schedule, the final (and definite) results of the second round of the parliament elections will be announced on Ordibehsht 22 (May 11)," Kadkhodayee told FNA on Friday.
Iranians staged a high turnout in both rounds of the country's 9th parliamentary elections in a move deemed as a straight message to the US war rhetoric. Over 48 million Iranian voters were eligible to cast their ballots, and over 64% of them cast ballots in the first round of the elections.
The American and European reporters and journalists who had come to Iran to cover the elections were astonished by the high level of public participation at the polling stations. The foreign journalists were astounded after they witnessed large crowds of people queuing at the polling stations even before voting officially started.
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Islam Times - Iran slams US over failing to meet chemical weapons deadline
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Pallets of 155 mm artillery shells containing mustard gas at Pueblo chemical weapons storage facility in Colorado state, USA
"Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh expressed regret that those countries possessing weapons of mass destruction, with the US on top of them, have failed to meet the deadline for elimination of chemical arsenals.
His remarks came in a meeting with Head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Ahmet Uzumcu, ISNA reported Saturday.
Akhoundzadeh called on the OPCW to do its best to compel countries possessing chemical weapons to eliminate their arsenals as soon as possible.
“Non-compliance with the elimination deadline will undermine public confidence in international mechanisms as a result of the violation of global treaties by certain countries,” he said.
He referred to the positive and significant role of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in following up on issues pertaining to disarmament, including the proposed deadline for nuclear disarmament by 2025.
He said that Iran, as the next head of NAM, will do its best so that the issue of disarmament, due to the destructive and negative consequences of weapons of mass destruction on the world and humans, will be high on the agenda of the organization.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is the implementation arm of the Chemical Weapons Convention Based in The Hague.
Iran is a member of the Executive Council of the OPCW."
Fars News Agency :: Indian FM Calls Iran Key Supplier for India's Energy Needs
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" Indian Foreign Minister SM Krishna shrugged off US demands for reducing oil imports from Iran, and said Iran cannot be ignored as it is "a key country" for India's energy needs.Responding to questions at a joint press conference with visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Krishna said, "We have to look at the Iran issue beyond the issue of energy trade. "In the first place, we have to think about the security and stability in the Persian Gulf region. India has vital stakes in the Persian Gulf region. Six million Indians live and work in the Persian Gulf region and beyond. It is one of the critical destinations of our external trade -- over $100 billion in exports, and over 60% of oil imports, and a major source of remittances." "We have a strong interest in a peaceful and negotiated settlement of issues relating to Iran's nuclear program," Krishna stressed.
Krishna acknowledged that Iran "remains an important source of oil for us", and said of the reductions, "Ultimately, it reflects the decision that refineries make based on commercial, financial and technical considerations."
Visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India to reduce its imports of Iranian oil, while a new US law will next month slap sanctions on nations that buy oil from Tehran.
India, which depended on Iran for 12 percent of its imports last year, has underlined that it would not join US and European-led efforts to choke off Tehran's oil revenues. India, which is heavily dependent on energy imports, remains the largest single buyer of Iranian oil.
Under a new law, the United States will impose sanctions starting on June 28 on banks from countries that keep buying Iranian oil. The US State Department has already exempted European Union nations and Japan.
Meantime, reports from London said Britain is also unwilling to implement the EU's Iran ship insurance ban. European diplomats said Britain is seeking to persuade fellow European Union members to postpone by up to six months a ban on providing insurance for tankers carrying Iranian oil, arguing that it could lead to a damaging spike in oil prices. A European Union ban on importing Iranian oil, which takes effect on July 1, will also prevent EU insurers and reinsurers from covering tankers carrying its crude anywhere in the world. The impact of the measure is likely to be felt strongly in London's financial district, the centre for marine insurance. The sanctions seek to stem the flow of petrodollars to Tehran to force it to give up its NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) right of uranium enrichment.
Some Indian and Chinese firms have already asked state insurers to step in and provide coverage by offering government guarantees.
"Britain will be pushing the EU to postpone the ban on P&I insurance by six months," said one diplomatic source. "The main reason is pressure from Japan and South Korea as they would struggle to buy oil after July 1," the source said. He said Britain feared oil prices could rise sharply as a result of disruptions caused by the lack of insurance after July 1, as Japan and South Korea would be forced to bid aggressively for alternative supplies to meet their needs. A second European diplomatic source said he was aware of the British initiative. Both sources said Britain's proposal had yet to win support from other EU members, including France, which has been pushing for the toughest stance on Iran, of course under Sarkozy.
In Asia, some shippers welcomed the proposal. "A six-month delay would give more time for alternative arrangements to be made or for the situation to become clearer," said Arthur Bowring, managing director of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association and a supporter of Britain's actions.
"It could also be an opening for a more permanent arrangement to be worked out."
It was not yet clear when the measure could be debated by EU officials as a meeting to review the embargo on Iranian oil has been rescheduled from the middle of May to an unspecified date."
India rebuffs US pressure to stop oil trading with Iran.
UK rebuffs EU pressure to stop insuring tankers carrying Iranin oil worldwide.
Funny how the official Iranian government mouthpiece says this shit:
and yet:Quote:
India, which depended on Iran for 12 percent of its imports last year, has underlined that it would not join US and European-led efforts to choke off Tehran's oil revenues.
Funny that, isn't it?Quote:
India targets 11 pct Iran oil import cut in 2012/13-minister
Tue May 15, 2012 7:42am GMT
NEW DELHI May 15 (Reuters) - India aims to cut imports of Iranian crude by 11 percent to 15.5 million tonnes in 2012/13, Junior Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told parliament on Tuesday, equivalent to about 310,000 barrels per day (bpd).
Pradhan said India imported 17.44 million tonnes of oil in 2011/12, down 5.7 percent from the year earlier.
Japan secured a waiver from U.S. sanctions with cuts of 15-22 percent in its imports.
The United States wants allies to reduce oil imports from Iran substantially as it tries to pressure Tehran over its nuclear programme which the West thinks aims to build atomic weapons. Tehran denies this.
Data made available to Reuters last week showed India's total oil imports from Iran in April fell about a third to around 269,000 bpd from March.
India's foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai said in March that in the last contract year to March 31, 2012, India's purchases of crude from Iran were expected to be under 340,000 bpd. (Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel)
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Bloody politicians eh, who can you trust:)
You can't trust politicians, apart from that Obama bloke, he's a straight up kind of guy.
:)
Iran nuclear talks start in Baghdad
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Published on Wednesday 23 May 2012 14:19
The latest talks over Iran’s nuclear programme have started in Baghdad.
Representatives from world powers including the UK, US, China and Russia are meeting Iranian diplomats to hammer out new goals.
Iran wants the West to outline timetables and steps ahead in gradually addressing international concerns over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions.
Officials from the country are aiming to leave the Iraqi capital with a clear framework for future talks and potential deal-making, an official said.
Western diplomats have raised similar concerns.
However, few believe the discussions in Baghdad will yield breakthroughs in the showdowns over Iran’s nuclear intentions.
The US and its allies fear Iran could use its nuclear expertise to build atomic weapons. Iran claims it only seeks nuclear reactors for energy and research.
Iranian negotiators, who met Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki hours before the talks were to open, would not identify any specific offers or benchmarks they wanted to see by the day’s end.
Russian Banker Deplores US Financial Ban on Iran
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"TEHRAN (FNA)- Chairman of Russia's Vneshtorgbank (VTB) Andrei Kostin lashed out at the US for imposing financial sanctions on Iran, stressing that the move violates the international laws. The US financial and economic sanctions against Iran violate the charter of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which demands free trade between all member states, Kostin told Russian TV channel RBK on Friday. Kostin criticized the US for manipulating its currency on the international markets, stressing that the move also breaches the principles of the IMF.
US President Barack Obama authorized a law on New Year's Eve imposing fresh sanctions on financial institutions that deal with the Central Bank of Iran, Tehran's main clearing house for oil payments. The extra US sanctions aim to squeeze Iran's oil sales, most of which are processed by the CBI, although many even in the West believe that the move would prove futile.
During the last two years, Iran has been replacing dollar with other currencies in its trade with the outside world. In May, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) opposed a call by a New York-based anti-Iran group to halt business with the Central Bank of Iran.
The anti-Iran group whose founders include current and former administration officials has sent a letter to IMF Managing-Director Christine Lagarde criticizing the IMF's relationship with Iran. In reply, the IMF said on Tuesday that its relationship with the Central Bank of Iran is based on its constitution, noting that Iran's membership does not contravene US or EU sanctions on Tehran. "According to our constitution... the IMF's holdings of each member's currency are maintained with the central bank of the relevant member, including Iran. There is nothing in the EU or US sanctions regimes that is inconsistent with these arrangements," IMF spokesman William Murray said.
Earlier in April, Lagarde praised Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's subsidy-cuts plan, and described it as a brave move which should be followed by other countries.
Lagarde made the remarks, addressing a joint meeting of the World Bank and the IMF.
She referred to Iran's measures in reforming its subsidiary system in the past two years as exceptional, and called on other world countries to follow the role model of Iran in carrying out reforms. "
Illegal cyber attacks , illegal currency attacks, has the US Congress/Senate signed off on the undeclared war?
Who gives a fuck? They sell arms to Iran and Iran can't afford to buy them, tough shit.
Fars News Agency :: Iran Ups Power Supply to Iraq via New Transfer Line
"TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran increased exports of electricity to the neighboring state of Iraq after constructing a new power transfer line connecting Iran to the Central Iraqi province of Wasit. According to a report by Iraqi Aswat al-Iraq website, the new transfer line will supply 100MW of Iranian-generated electricity to Iraq.
Iraq's Wasit province is in need of 550MW of electricity on a daily basis but it now receives 150MW - that is almost one-fourth - of its needed electricity from the country's national grid. Iran's electricity exports to the neighboring countries witnessed an eye-catching increase during the first two months of the current Iranian year (started on March 20).
The Iranian Energy Ministry announced in May that the country has exported a total of 1,347 gigawatts per hour (GW/h) of electricity to the neighboring countries since the beginning of the current year up by 38.57 percent compared with the previous year.
The report noted that the implementation of the Subsidy Reform Plan by Iran has contributed to the reduction of domestic power consumption, paving the way for more electricity exports to the neighboring countries.
The Islamic Republic is currently exporting electricity to Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Nakhichevan, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Earlier this month, Iran's Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Mohammad Behzad said Iran has signed several contracts with its neighboring countries in this regard, which will help boost its electricity exports.
Iran exported some 8.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity during the last Iranian year, which indicates a 29-percent increase in comparison with the corresponding period of the preceding year, he added.
Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.
Both sides are working on a series of plans to take wide strides in the expansion of their ties, in economic fields in particular. "
Fars News Agency :: Iran to Export 2,000 Pickups to Iraq
" The Middle-East's largest car manufacturing company, Iran-Khodro Company (IKCO), will export 2,000 Bardo pickups to Iraq this year, the company officials announced on Sunday.
IKCO's Vice-Deputy CEO for Export and International Affairs Seifvand said 2000 Bardo pickups will be exported to Iraq this year following the purchase order of the IKCO agent in Iraq.
"The first cargo consisting of one hundred Bardo pickups entered Iraq's market in June," he said, adding that market studies indicate that Iraq's market would welcome the pickup warmly.
Currently the ground is ready for the production of two thousand Bardos and pickups and the vehicles will be delivered to our Iraqi agent in due time, he continued.
Exporting Bardo pickups to countries like Iraq indicates that IKCO is closely focusing on its target markets, taking the most advantage of its production and export capacities.
IKCO has started exporting cars to Iraq since 2004, and sped up the trend afterwards. Currently 18 provinces in Iraq receive after-sales service of IKCO cars through the company's service network.
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So the two Shia countries, one of them quite new, are bonding. Are you surprised?