Iran - "All The Arteries Of Oil Transport... Are Under Iranian Control And Within Range Of Iranian Missiles'

Iran - "All The Arteries Of Oil Transport... Are Under Iranian Control And Within Range Of Iranian Missiles' (Memri).

On January 17, 2015, the Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the IRGC, published an article by Tehran Friday Prayer Headquarters director Yadollah Shirmardi, titled "Iran's Patience For Mercenary Regimes In The Region Has Its Limits."

The article stated:
"Along with the imminent demise of King 'Abdallah, Saudi Arabia's turning to the weapon of oil in order to fight the standing of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the region is a[nother] kind of death rattle, that is supported by the West, chiefly America. It is a strategic mistake to believe that the Aal Saud regime has committed political suicide without a green light from the Americans.

"Saudi Arabia's new policy is another piece of the puzzle of sanctions and pressure applied to the Islamic Republic of Iran, taken as a response to two great Iranian victories. The first was Iran's success in overcoming [sanctions] by relying on an economy of resistance, although the sanctions were stepped up, not eased, in the recent negotiations, while at the same time it is gradually reducing its dependence on oil revenue. Iran's second victory was on the battlefield.

The shears of extremism and terrorism, one blade American-Zionist and one blade Wahhabi-takfiri, cannot cut on the battlefield. Iran has had great successes in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Bahrain, and so on, and, with its soft influence, it is reviving the 'New West Asia' plan.

"In this new plan, nationalism and pan-Arabism are pushed aside and replaced with the term 'the United Islamic Nation.' With this game [i.e. using oil against Iran], Saudi Arabia has become an American toy, and, if it continues down this erroneous path, it will endanger, at the very least, its own interests and national security.

"Iran, as the center of Islamic awakening, shows tremendous patience in [its] foreign policy... But the anger of this patient element has irreversible consequences for the Aal Saud family and their allies in the region, from Aal Nahyan [the UAE royal family] to Aal Khalifa [the Bahraini royal family].

Beware of the patient ones. Saudi Arabia must not depend on sunny days – on the contrary, it must prepare for a stormy day... The nations of the region will not forget the Arab leaders' betrayal by means of reducing oil prices, and revenge will be a minimal punishment for this strategic mistake by Saudi Arabia.

"Today, all the arteries of oil transport – from Bab-el-Mandeb strait to the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz – are under Iranian control, by means of Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain, and within range of Iranian missiles. If the need arises, the nations of the region will be informed of Saudi Arabia's and its allies' despicable collaboration with the Zionist regime...

"We must not forget that the campaign of protest by the desperate Riyadh that was launched because of [the possibility] that Iran will sign an agreement with the 5+1 [group] – a campaign carried out by means of artificial moves by [Saudi Foreign Minister] Saud Al-Faisal during his visit to Vienna at the margins of the Iran-5+1 negotiations – is a deceptive game aimed at thwarting the general American strategy [of conducting a dialogue with Tehran] and at ratcheting up the pressure on Iran. Saudi Arabia has no [influential] status in the region's geopolitical balance that would allow it to present its positions as an involved party. Today, Saudi Arabia knows better than any other country that Iran enjoys an exclusive degree of power, despite the threats and pressure...

"The third wave of the Islamic revolution will transcend geographic borders more sweepingly than ever, and today, this discourse [of the Islamic Revolution] is expanding its area of spiritual and soft influence from Kashgar [in western China] to the shores of the Mediterranean. The Islamic awakening has bolstered the resistance and jihad front in the region, and has demonstrated the increasing strength of the Iran front. It has proven that if you join God, He will join you too, and will strengthen your steps...

"Despite all the pressure and sanctions, Iran has become a nuclear state and a member of the world's nuclear club. Another ramification [of this], and result of its scientific and technological achievements, is that it has joined the world's space club...

On the military front, the same country that once imported barbed wire is [now] capable of manufacturing a wide array of light and semi-heavy arms, surface-to-surface and surface-to-air cannon for medium and long ranges, and rockets for short, medium, and long ranges, as well as various ballistic missiles and shoulder-[mounted] anti-aircraft missiles..." Hmmm....Obama 'Admin' reaction...lets leave the 'peacefull moderate' Iranians the opportunity to build nukes. Just imagine shale gas production stopping because of the low oil price per barrel and the Iranians destroy the Saudi installations....what would happen next ? Read the full story here.


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