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xchrom

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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:02 AM Jan 2013

Iran Says War Is The Only Thing That Can Stop Them Now

http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-threatens-to-close-strait-of-hormuz-in-response-to-foreign-agression-2013-1



The United States has nothing left to pressure Tehran over its nuclear programme except for war, and if it chooses conflict Iran could close a key energy chokepoint, its envoy to Baghdad told AFP on Thursday.

Ambassador Hassan Danaie-Far insisted in an interview that Tehran retained the right to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which a third of the world's traded oil passes, in response to any aggression, military or otherwise.

"What else (US President Barack) Mr. Obama can do?" Danaie-Far said through an Iranian embassy translator.

"The only remaining card on the table is war. Is it to their benefit? Is it to the benefit of the world? Is it to the benefit of the region?"


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/iran-threatens-to-close-strait-of-hormuz-in-response-to-foreign-agression-2013-1#ixzz2IuCgJaQ1
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