Iran seeks to halt EU oil exports
January 28th, 2012 - 9:44 am ICT by IANSTehran, Jan 28 (IANS) Iran’s parliament is to discuss a bill Sunday that seeks to halt its oil exports to the European Union (EU).
The bill calls for a ban of oil exports to the EU as early as next week, Hossein Ebrahimi, deputy head of the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said.
The development comes after the Eropean Union Monday announced to embargo Iran’s oil. The embargo will come into force July 1.
Ebrahimi has called the sanctions a “psychological war”, Xinhua quoted the Press TV as saying Friday.
Tehran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil trade, in retaliation.
Major EU importers of Iran’s oil, such as Greece, Italy and Spain, have until July 1 to find alternative suppliers.
- 'Iran to stop oil exports to some EU members soon' - Jan 30, 2012
- Iran may stop Europe oil exports - Jan 26, 2012
- We don't need to sell oil to Europe: Ahmadinejad - Jan 27, 2012
- 'EU ban to cause hefty economic loss to Europeans' - Jan 31, 2012
- 'EU sanctions on Iran may push oil prices to $150' - Jan 30, 2012
- European parliament urges Russia, China to back Iran sanctions - Feb 03, 2012
- Iran to hold war games - Dec 14, 2011
- Iran denies Greece 500,000 barrels of oil - Feb 26, 2012
- Britain not ruling out military action against Iran - Jan 16, 2012
- Iran threatens to cut oil exports to more countries - Feb 21, 2012
- Sanctions will push up oil prices: Iran - Jan 25, 2012
- Iran to stop Europe oil exports - Feb 04, 2012
- Iran prepares to strike back if attacked (Lead) - Feb 05, 2012
- US seeks EU sanctions to force Iran back into talks - Jan 21, 2012
- EU accepts Iran talks offer - Mar 06, 2012
Tags: deputy head, embargo iran, european union, foreign policy, greece italy, importers, jan 28, july 1, national security, oil exports, oil trade, parliament, policy committee, psychological war, retaliation, sanctions, shipping lane, spain, tehran, xinhua