Analysis by PMOI/MEK
Iran, July 27, 2019 – The mullahs’ regime ruling Iran has shown fierce anger at Brazil’s seizure of two Iranian flagships off the coast of Brazil.
An Iranian official is being quoted by Iran’s ISNA news agency that if Brazil did not provide fuel for these two vessels, Iran would stop its imports from Brazil.
Ali Saqqayian, Iran’s ambassador to Brazil, was quoted by Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency as saying Wednesday that Tehran could easily find new suppliers of corn, soybean, and meat. Iran will reconsider imports from Brazil if it continues to refuse to provide fuel to two Iranian vessels stranded there, he added.
Saqqayian has been quoted to say, “The Brazilians should solve the issue.”
The regime’s Foreign Ministry has not commented on the issue of the two Iranian vessels, one reportedly loaded with corn, stranded at a Brazilian port due to lack of fuel. Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras says the ships, Bavand and Termeh, are on a list of U.S. sanctions and therefore, providing fuel to these two ships violates U.S. sanctions.
Iran is one of the largest grain importers from Brazil.
