UPDATE: U.S. to impose sanctions on allies in drive to push Iran oil sales to zero
Last edited Mon Apr 22, 2019, 10:15 AM - Edit history (1)
Source: Washington Post
The Trump administration said Monday it will start imposing sanctions on some key U.S. allies unless they stop buying all oil from Iran after waivers expire next month.
If you dont abide by this, there will be sanctions, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in announcing an end to waivers granted last year to eight countries and jurisdictions that rely heavily on Iranian oil. This is what were laying out this morning. We have a requirement. To conduct these transactions, one almost always needs to participate in financial markets. We intend the enforce the sanctions.
The waiver decision came after oil prices have already risen by a third this year, and threatens to take more than a million barrels a day off the market. In anticipation of the move, crude oil prices rose 3 percent overnight. This decision is intended to bring Irans oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue, said a statement from the White House. It said the United States, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates would ensure global demand is met. Pompeo said Iran had been taking in $50 billion a year in oil revenue before the sanctions were reimposed. He estimated U.S. sanctions have cost the Islamic Republic $10 billion so far.
"The regime would have used that money to support terror groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, and continue with its missile development in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolution 2231," he told reporters. "And it would have perpetuated a humanitarian crisis in Yemen."
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-to-impose-sanctions-on-allies-in-drive-to-push-iran-oil-sales-to-zero/2019/04/22/cf9e7a93-d052-4951-b754-e1e5b068a224_story.html
Original article and ttitle -
By Washington Post Staff
April 22 at 9:34 AM
If you dont abide by this, there will be sanctions, said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in announcing an end to waivers granted last year to eight countries and jurisdictions that rely heavily on Iranian oil.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/04/22/trump-administration-says-it-is-preparing-to-start-imposing-sanctions-on-some-key-u-s-allies-unless-they-stop-buying-oil-from-iran/?utm_term=.eb3590fa8c96
As a note, those quotes sound more like they were Bolton-written rather than Pomepeo.
still_one
(92,061 posts)Who is really causing all the problems
BumRushDaShow
(128,525 posts)I had noticed the Dow futures were up earlier pre-open, and then the Dow opened and immediately fell 41 points (and now we see this statement). As it is, the gas prices have been going up anyway - partly due to the "summer blend" and partly due to crude moving higher. Sigh...
still_one
(92,061 posts)BumRushDaShow
(128,525 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,271 posts)in May.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48011496
Three of the eight buyers - Greece, Italy and Taiwan - have stopped importing Iranian oil. But the others had reportedly asked for their waivers to be extended.
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The price of global benchmark Brent crude rose by 2.6% to $73.87 a barrel on Monday, after earlier hitting $74.31 - the highest since November.
BumRushDaShow
(128,525 posts)Thanks for that info!
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)That sounds like out "bully" pulpit...
former9thward
(31,947 posts)That is the story.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,319 posts)One day we will see how much money Donald Trump and Jared Kushner make from the Saudi's and all of this will make perfect sense.
Link to tweet
BumRushDaShow
(128,525 posts)All they have to do is have Saudi threaten OPEC to reduce output and voila! Skyrocketing oil prices!
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Theyre bad guys. They are the $$$$ behind most of the terrorism around the world.
Yeah, paying an extra buck for gas sucks but with global warming going on, people need to drive less anyway.
Just because its trump, doesnt mean the decision isnt right. Usually, yeah.
But weve got a stopped watch situation going on.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,148 posts)MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Lots of countries are really bad.
Heck, China is putting Muslims in concentration camps.
Turkey is turning into a religious empire and its leader things he is the Sultan reborn.
But what does any of that have to do with Iran being bad?
Any other evils you desire to disregard because of other evils?
TexasBushwhacker
(20,148 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)and other US allies with your oil money. There is plenty of publicly available evidence.
I'm fortunate enough to have public transportation but some liberal DUers don't have this urban luxury.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Huh?
I'm an old Jewish guy transplanted from NYC transplanted to NM.
karynnj
(59,498 posts)In fact, it is because they identified Iran as a bad guy, that they worked so hard to preclude Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Remember that your hero, Bibi Netanyahu constantly made the point that they were months (as low as 2) from having one.
The Iran nuclear deal very publicly addressed JUST getting a nuclear weapon. Many sanctions levied for other reasons by the US remained in effect. The stated reason was that a comprehensive solution was not then in the cards. As it was, it was dificult to get the nuclear deal we did -- where Secretary Moniz, an MIT professor of nuclear energy, led in developing the monitoring program. Even Israel's military and intelligence agreed that it was better for Israel because it meant that Iran would not suddenly get a nuclear weapon.
Yes, I know it is unpopular with Israel and that BiBi fought it as hard as he could. In retrospect, that was not because he genuinely believed that did not effectively make it much less likely for Iran to get a nuclear weapon, but because it made war against Iran less likely. It is pretty well documented that before 2015, BiBi wanted to bomb Iran ... and even better if it was the US that did so.
As it was, while Obama was President, it was Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States that blew up every ceasefire the UN or US tried to get on Yemen. Iran actually cooperated. The MAIN source of Islamic violence - including AQ and ISIS - comes out of the extreme form of the Sunni branch of Islam.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Not sure where you are getting this. Is it because I am Jewish?
TheRealNorth
(9,471 posts)Maybe if you wanted to throw Saudis Arabia, UAE into that sanctions mix, then we can talk like we care about stopping terrorism.
karynnj
(59,498 posts)I apologize if you do not like Netanyahu, but from posts my memory was that you sided with him more than Obama on Iran.
louis-t
(23,273 posts)I have a client who was born there. He was talking to relatives in Iran when I was nearby. He had it on speaker. He was talking to a kid about 10 years old. I can't even share the language without getting a 'visit'. They REALLY hate him.
Mc Mike
(9,111 posts)No collusion. You're the puppet.
Maxheader
(4,370 posts)Other nations boycott americu to stop killing the people in yemen?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,758 posts)America first is really America alone.
riversedge
(70,092 posts)Oil spikes to 6-month high after Trump crackdown on Iran
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/440065-oil-spikes-to-6-month-high-after-trump-crackdown-on-iran
By Niv Elis - 04/22/19 04:04 PM EDT
Oil prices on Monday spiked to their highest levels since October after President Trump announced the U.S. would not renew sanction waivers that had allowed eight countries to buy Iranian oil.
Brent crude rocketed past $74 a barrel, its highest point this year, and American consumers may soon see the price increase at gas stations nationwide.
The administration's move was designed to ratchet up pressure on Iran almost a year after Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by former President Obama.
After reimposing oil sanctions in November, the U.S. agreed to grant waivers allowing eight countries to continue buying Iranian oil: China, India, Japan, Turkey, Italy, Greece, South Korea and Taiwan.
The White House said Monday it had struck agreements with oil-producing allies like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates "to take timely action to assure that global demand is met as all Iranian oil is removed from the market.
Iran responded by threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz, which would affect the transport of oil, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency..............................
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)https://www.bbc.com/news/business/market-data
OilCommodity
% change
dollars per barrel$/barrel
Change
Brent Crude Oil Futures
+0.58%
74.47
+0.43
WTI Crude Oil Futures
+0.73%
66.03
+0.48
BumRushDaShow
(128,525 posts)Had monitored the news much of yesterday afternoon about crude shooting up. Although they can only raise gasoline prices here once a week, I need to go top off.
SayItLoud
(1,701 posts)Where there's $ to be made, money will be made.