Iranian Ayatollah Threatens to Disrupt Energy Flow
The word crude prices soared yesterday on threats of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei lambasted the United States and other countries confronting Iran over the nuclear program and staked on the oil card first time during the standoff. The United States was prompt to respond. Iran would suffer most of all as a result, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made clear.
The ultimatum statement of Ali Khamenei was released Sunday, a day after the reconciling speech of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ayatollah said it was a lie that some consensus had been established against Iran, as the country was supported by member states of the Non-Aligned Movement, and warned to disrupt the energy flow in case of need.
In the United States, they don’t seem rattled. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was prompt to remind that the oil revenues account for around 80 percent of Iranian budget and disrupted deliveries would incur serious problems for Iran.
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