DAR AL ISLAM - IRAN: OIL COULD & WOULD BE USED AS A WEAPON BY IRAN

Iran still might withhold oil if nuclear row with West intensifies

TEHRAN (Thomson Financial) - The Iranian government has refused to rule out the option of withholding supplies of its oil as a weapon if the standoff with the West over its nuclear programme intensifies.

"The Islamic Republic of Iran's policy is to supply energy as a responsibility. We are never seeking to cut the energy supplies to the world," Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri-Hamaneh told an oil conference.

"But naturally every country, which is subject to danger or attack, should use all its possibilities to defend itself and this is every country's right," he said.

His comments came in response to a question over whether Iran would use oil as a "weapon" if the UN Security Council passed a third resolution imposing more sanctions against Tehran its the atomic drive.


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