Sanctions On Iran’s Oil To Affect World Economy: Indonesian FM

Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19, IRNA – Sanctioning Iran’s oil will make lots of troubles and will affect the world economy, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty M. Natalegawa said here on Wednesday. He made the remarks in an interview with IRNA on the sidelines of an International Conference on the Global Movement of Moderates in Kuala Lumpur. Natalegawa condemned the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist and expressed his condolences to the Iranian nation and government, adding that “Iran’s issue can be solved through negotiations.” “Iran and Indonesia have good potentials for bilateral cooperation and in the meantime, cooperation in the framework of the Non-Alien Movement (NAM) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),” he underlined. Indonesia's Islamic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, too, in his meeting with the Iranian delegation present in the International Conference on the Global Movement of Moderates, termed Tehran as 'The axis of the Islamic world.' The Iranian delegation to the International Conference on the Global Movement of Moderates was headed by Ayatollah Mahdi Hadavi-Tehrani. Ayatollah Hadavi-Tehrani for his part stressed the importance of unity among Muslim nations and called for expansion of ties between Tehran and Jakarta. US President Barack Obama signed a new law on December 31, 2011, which seeks to impose fresh economic sanctions against Iran's Central Bank and oil sector. The law requires foreign financial firms to make a choice between doing business with Iran's Central Bank and oil sector or with the US financial sector. The European Union (EU) is also expected to hold its ministerial meeting later this month on January 23, to discuss the proposed embargo on Iran's oil exports. EU members have so far failed to reach a final agreement on such details as the exact timing of the sanctions and their diplomats say it may take months before sanctions actually enter into force given the critical economic conditions facing the European countries. Earlier this month, Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi warned that imposing sanctions on Iran's oil industry would destabilize the world markets, adding that the sanctions policy is, thus, an irrational move. Stating that the country is facing no problem in selling its oil, the official noted 'Not only we have many customers, but we also have sold our oil in advance.' EU foreign ministers were due to meet again in Brussels on Jan. 30 to discuss the matter, after Greece blocked a sanctions ban tendered in early December. Assassination of Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, a graduate of oil Industry University and a deputy director of Natanz uranium enrichment facility for commercial affairs was the fourth round of attacks against Iranian nuclear scientists which took place on the threshold of the second anniversary of the assassination of another Iranian scientist Masood Ali Mohammadi. He was also assassinated in a terrorist bomb attack in Tehran in January 2010. Last Wednesday morning's bombing method was similar to the 2010 terrorist bomb attacks against the then university professor, Fereidoun Abbassi Davani - who is now the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization - and his colleague Majid Shahriari. Zionist media have confessed that the operation was the work of Mosad in coordination with some other western intelligence apparatuses Majid Jamli Fashi the terrorist agent who assassinated Dr. Ali Mohammadi confessed his relations with Mosad and detailed the Zionist regime security apparatus command and trains for him. Washington and its Western allies accuse Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons under the cover of a civilian nuclear program, while they have never presented any corroborative evidence to substantiate their allegations. Iran denies the charges and insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only./end