An Iranian airline official says that since the United States implement new sanctions against Tehran last week, Iranian planes have been refused fuel at airports in further countries. The Iranian news organization ISNA Monday quoted Mehdi Aliyari, secretary of the Iranian Airlines Union, as saying airports in Britain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates have refused fuel for Iranian plane. He said the refusals began after Thursday, when U.S. President Barack Obama sign a new sanctions package into law.
Those sanctions aim Iran's energy and banking sectors. They aim to make it harder for the Iranian government to purchase superior petroleum, excluding from U.S. markets those companies involved in selling gasoline, jet fuel and other such products to Iran. Mr. Obama said Thursday that the new sanctions will strike "at the heart" of Tehran's skill to fund and extend its alleged nuclear weapons program.
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but Western nations think Tehran is trying to build weapons. The new U.S. measures also avoid foreign banks from accessing the U.S. financial system if they do business with key Iranian institutions or Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Last month, the U.N. Security Council accepted a fourth round of sanctions on Iran because it has refused to stop its uranium enrichment program. The European Union then imposed its hold sanctions against Iran, including a ban on new asset, technical assistance and transfers of technologies to Iran's oil and natural gas division.
Those sanctions aim Iran's energy and banking sectors. They aim to make it harder for the Iranian government to purchase superior petroleum, excluding from U.S. markets those companies involved in selling gasoline, jet fuel and other such products to Iran. Mr. Obama said Thursday that the new sanctions will strike "at the heart" of Tehran's skill to fund and extend its alleged nuclear weapons program.
Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but Western nations think Tehran is trying to build weapons. The new U.S. measures also avoid foreign banks from accessing the U.S. financial system if they do business with key Iranian institutions or Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Last month, the U.N. Security Council accepted a fourth round of sanctions on Iran because it has refused to stop its uranium enrichment program. The European Union then imposed its hold sanctions against Iran, including a ban on new asset, technical assistance and transfers of technologies to Iran's oil and natural gas division.
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