US not even hiding its desire to make the world bend to its will: Russia
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Russia on Tuesday called the US tightening of oil sanctions on Iran an “aggressive and reckless” policy after Washington announced it was seeking to stop all exports of Iranian crude.
“Such a course of action adds nothing to the Americans' international standing,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.
“The rest of the world perfectly understands that Washington's policy is becoming more and more aggressive and reckless,” it said.
The ministry said that “Washington is not even hiding its desire to make the world bend to its will,” branding the heightened Iran sanctions “disturbing”.
The United States on Monday announced that, in a bid to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero, it would from May 2 end US waivers that countries such as India, China, South Korea and Turkey currently have on buying Iranian crude.
The move targets the Islamic Republic's main economic earner and adds to sanctions pressure that has built up under US President Donald Trump, who has pulled his country out of a 2015 international deal aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear programme.
Russia, which is allied with Iran in Syria, praised Tehran's “restraint” over “the arrogant American provocations”.
It called for all parties “with common sense” to do what they can to ensure the accord over Iran's nuclear activities survives.
Trump's decision to do away with the waivers has seen global oil prices rise, along with commercial tensions with China and India.
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Apr 24, 2019 01:00am
Sorry in this case i am totally with USA. Iran policy caused 4 wars in the region and many more to come. Instead of outward pressure standing with its neighbor it chose the policy based on sect rather on principles. Iran's hands are full of innocent Syrian's blood.
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Apr 24, 2019 01:09am
When the most powerful Nation of the World talks.The logic says the not so powerful Nations of the World
will have to listen?
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Apr 24, 2019 01:19am
Russia is right on this score. Trump is way out of line, reckless, and provocative... Why?
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Apr 24, 2019 01:34am
so what you going to do about it
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Apr 24, 2019 01:56am
Might is Right.
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Apr 24, 2019 01:59am
With situation in Yemen border becoming worst this is the full scale effort to save Saudi royalty from iran supported Houthis.
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Apr 24, 2019 02:08am
Let us see what Modi will do to Trump’s call for sanctions against anybody doing trade with Iran!!!
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Apr 24, 2019 02:11am
The world is with Russia and China. The fall of USA would be a dream come true!
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Apr 24, 2019 02:22am
In history , millions of people died, because of one
powerful person ,
Always one person
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Apr 24, 2019 02:57am
The US has declared war on the people of Iran, first branding the Islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organisation and now threatening to impose secondary sanctions on third party's doing business with Iran, in a bid to protect their interest of maintaining the dollar as the worlds global currency. The behavior of the US is evident by the constant bulling tactics used to create global conflicts, the world needs to wake up and dump the dollar now before the US greed creates more suffering to human beings around the world. The US is the biggest terrorist in the world and their word is not worth the paper it's written on, they have proved time after time, not to be trusted.
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Apr 24, 2019 03:33am
This is decisive movement for two countries
China & India
My gues both countries will back off for the best of their own people and will obey after to what US dictates after May 2nd.
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Apr 24, 2019 03:36am
This is the real game. The globalists want at any cost to stop Iran. As Saudi Arabia is their favoured proxy state. The Combination of Iran, India and China completely checkmates the Globalist hegemony of the Petrodollar. If India has Iran and they both have China they virtually control every single resource to dominate the markets forever. They have Oil they have population resources everything.
Every single war against Saddam against Gaddafi against Venezuela is based on the total control of Global Oil supply. The rest of politics is just eyewash.
As always the real Lion of the World Russia has the guts to speak out against this.
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Apr 24, 2019 03:39am
All of this chess game moves to support the genocidal, warmongering, Zionist expansion of Israel.
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Apr 24, 2019 03:47am
Counter it, reduce Russian oil production and trans ship Iranian oil for s400 and Sukhoi jets. Increase Russian defense sales.
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Apr 24, 2019 04:12am
But the press releases don't do anything; if they did then Palestinians would be free by now!
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Apr 24, 2019 04:53am
Iran should end its enmity with Israel and accept Israel as an equal and sovereign nation with right to defend borders. Also stop harboring antiIsrael militants. All will be good then.
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Apr 24, 2019 05:29am
Bullies will be bullies. Power corrupts.
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Apr 24, 2019 05:35am
US has become hysteric and furious against Iran. Its a weakness not strength
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Apr 24, 2019 05:36am
USA claims to be a leader of the free world but it is apparent from its policies and diktats that the world that it wants to lead is an subservient one ...... without any will of its own. Such an approach must be condemned and confined to dustbins of history. Such actions will lead to anarchy and breakdowns of international order and sow the seeds of future conflict and aggressive actions by others. There is a conspiracy being hatched against the Islamic and Christian world which some so called leaders fail to fathom.
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Apr 24, 2019 07:22am
The USA under Trump is ensuring that the world would slowly yet gradually dumps the U.S.dollar for the Euro or the Remnimbi. It will completely invert the world economic order with the U.S. going into recession and other nations too, but perhaps that's healthy in the long run.
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Apr 24, 2019 07:56am
Putin hits the nail on the head...
Gordon D. Walker
Canada
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Apr 24, 2019 08:32am
India and China can,t afford to defy US sanctions threat for importing Iranian oil. On the other hand, Iran has been placed under a rock and hard place. It has to tighten its belt and curtail its military operations in Syria and Yemen. This is exactly the intention of the Trump administration nutty to help its allies in the middle east and if Iran can withstand the
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Apr 24, 2019 10:01am
@Moth, if usa helps India in Indian interests then why not?
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Apr 24, 2019 10:15am
@aman, 04 wars due to Iran ? You need to read history.
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Apr 24, 2019 10:16am
Iran is a rational player. The fact that US has not been making any attempt at any dialogue with Iran, means that enmity with Iran is desirable for US at the moment. When this is the case, US will do all it can, but limited only by trying to preserve its own image among its population, while trying to vilify Iran.
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Apr 24, 2019 11:11am
Very well said, Russia
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Apr 24, 2019 11:11am
The other countries should unite against Iran sanctions
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Apr 24, 2019 11:13am
India was the only country which was taking oil from Iran during last time sanctions, pakistan should also take oil from Iran as there is NIL transportation charges.
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Apr 24, 2019 11:14am
@Gordon D. Walker, You are right, now only one nail is not enough
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Apr 24, 2019 11:45am
Iran will not bend to America’s diktat. The real question is what will America do when all their reckless strategies fail?
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Apr 24, 2019 12:19pm
@zunaid, India, "if usa helps India in Indian interests then why not?" They don't do it for free.
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Apr 24, 2019 12:21pm
@marcus, "so what you going to do about it" Nothing, for free at least.
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Apr 24, 2019 01:11pm
Russia on the other hand is more clever, cunning and crooked as it shamelessly hides and never admits its illegal, immoral, unethical and clandestine operations all over the world, with a draconian smile.
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