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January 24th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The steps, agreed by EU foreign ministers in Brussels, amounted to the most
punitive restrictions yet imposed on Iran. All member states have signed up
to an immediate ban on any new contracts for the purchase or transport of
Iranian crude oil or refined petroleum.
Iran responded on Thursday by repeating its threat to close the Strait of
Hormuz. Mohammed Ismail Kowsari, deputy chairman of the Iranian parliament’s
national security committee, said the waterway “would definitely be
closed if the sale of Iranian oil is violated in any way.”
Asked if more resources could be sent, Mr Hammond said: “The UK has a
contingent capability to reinforce that presence should at any time it be
considered necessary to do so.”
He was speaking at a press conference in London following the annual round of
talks between UK and Australian foreign and defence ministers.
William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, vowed to keep increasing the pressure on
Tehran.
He said the sanctions represented “a significant increase in peaceful and
legitimate pressure on the Iranian government to return to negotiations over
its nuclear programme.
“Until it does so the pressure will only increase.”
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s foreign minister, said his country would enforce the
same ban on Iranian crude oil exports agreed by the European Union
yesterday.
He and defence minister Stephen Smith will attend today’s National Security
Council meeting.
Prime Minister David
Cameron joined forces with the French and German leaders to warn Iran
off “a path that threatens the peace and security of us all”.
They wrote in a joint statement following agreement to the sanctions: “Our
message is clear: we have no quarrel with the Iranian people, but the
Iranian leadership has failed to restore international confidence in the
exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme.”
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