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Is Iran Lying To It's People?

Mike

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The government of Iran denied reports that it is importing wheat from the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years, according to Iran's Press TV.

"We purchase wheat from Canada and some European countries, but Iran has not had any direct wheat imports from the U.S.,” Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi told an Iranian news agency Sunday.

The denial came in response to media reports last week based on U.S. Agricultural statisitics that Iran resumed buying American wheat this summer following months of drought that have reduced that country's wheat crop by a third, from 15 million to 10 million tons.

Iran has directly purchased more than 1 million tons of U.S. hard red winter wheat since the marketing year began June 1, according to the Wall Street Journal. Following a decades-long hiatus, Iran is now one of the world's largest importers of U.S. wheat.

Iran ceased U.S. wheat imports in the 1981-1982 marketing year, following a revolution in 1979 that damaged relations and ended most diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Iran experts say the new policy shift was made out of necessity, as the country continues to struggle with the U.S. over its nuclear program, which Washington says is being used to develop weapons. Tehran denies those claims saying it is being used only to generate electricity.

State Department spokesman Rob McInturff reportedly said that the exports show the U.S.'s openness to the Iranian people, even as it imposes trade sanctions against the Iranian regime, which do not bar agricultural and medical trade between the countries.

"We have a longstanding policy ... of engaging the Iranian people on the one hand while sanctioning the Iranian government on the other," Mr. McInturff told the Journal.

In years past Iran has purchased wheat from Canada, Australia and the European Union, but supplies are short in those countries and the U.S. winter-wheat harvest is nearly complete, the Journal reported.

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I thought we had Iran under sanctions???
 

TSR

Well-known member
Mike said:
The government of Iran denied reports that it is importing wheat from the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years, according to Iran's Press TV.

"We purchase wheat from Canada and some European countries, but Iran has not had any direct wheat imports from the U.S.,” Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi told an Iranian news agency Sunday.

The denial came in response to media reports last week based on U.S. Agricultural statisitics that Iran resumed buying American wheat this summer following months of drought that have reduced that country's wheat crop by a third, from 15 million to 10 million tons.

Iran has directly purchased more than 1 million tons of U.S. hard red winter wheat since the marketing year began June 1, according to the Wall Street Journal. Following a decades-long hiatus, Iran is now one of the world's largest importers of U.S. wheat.

Iran ceased U.S. wheat imports in the 1981-1982 marketing year, following a revolution in 1979 that damaged relations and ended most diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Iran experts say the new policy shift was made out of necessity, as the country continues to struggle with the U.S. over its nuclear program, which Washington says is being used to develop weapons. Tehran denies those claims saying it is being used only to generate electricity.

State Department spokesman Rob McInturff reportedly said that the exports show the U.S.'s openness to the Iranian people, even as it imposes trade sanctions against the Iranian regime, which do not bar agricultural and medical trade between the countries.

"We have a longstanding policy ... of engaging the Iranian people on the one hand while sanctioning the Iranian government on the other," Mr. McInturff told the Journal.

In years past Iran has purchased wheat from Canada, Australia and the European Union, but supplies are short in those countries and the U.S. winter-wheat harvest is nearly complete, the Journal reported.

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I thought we had Iran under sanctions???

It DO make you wonder doesn't it? It seems to me pressure of some type on the general populace of Iran might strain the relationship between the people and their president.
 

Mike

Well-known member
TSR said:
Mike said:
The government of Iran denied reports that it is importing wheat from the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years, according to Iran's Press TV.

"We purchase wheat from Canada and some European countries, but Iran has not had any direct wheat imports from the U.S.,” Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi told an Iranian news agency Sunday.

The denial came in response to media reports last week based on U.S. Agricultural statisitics that Iran resumed buying American wheat this summer following months of drought that have reduced that country's wheat crop by a third, from 15 million to 10 million tons.

Iran has directly purchased more than 1 million tons of U.S. hard red winter wheat since the marketing year began June 1, according to the Wall Street Journal. Following a decades-long hiatus, Iran is now one of the world's largest importers of U.S. wheat.

Iran ceased U.S. wheat imports in the 1981-1982 marketing year, following a revolution in 1979 that damaged relations and ended most diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Iran experts say the new policy shift was made out of necessity, as the country continues to struggle with the U.S. over its nuclear program, which Washington says is being used to develop weapons. Tehran denies those claims saying it is being used only to generate electricity.

State Department spokesman Rob McInturff reportedly said that the exports show the U.S.'s openness to the Iranian people, even as it imposes trade sanctions against the Iranian regime, which do not bar agricultural and medical trade between the countries.

"We have a longstanding policy ... of engaging the Iranian people on the one hand while sanctioning the Iranian government on the other," Mr. McInturff told the Journal.

In years past Iran has purchased wheat from Canada, Australia and the European Union, but supplies are short in those countries and the U.S. winter-wheat harvest is nearly complete, the Journal reported.

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I thought we had Iran under sanctions???

It DO make you wonder doesn't it? It seems to me pressure of some type on the general populace of Iran might strain the relationship between the people and their president.

I can only suppose that the sanctions on Iraq during the Clinton Admin when so many Iraqi children died is one of the reasons?

We know the "Oil For Food" program that was administered by the UN was a farce.

Sanctions against Iraq cause death of 6,000 persons per month
Iraq, Politics, 1/27/1999

A former U.N humanitarian official in Iraq, Irish Dennis Halliday, said sanctions against this country cause up to 6,000 deaths per month.

In an interview with British Daily "The Guardian" that was reproduced by French News agency "AFP," halliday said that after 8 years, the sanctions should be considered as a kind of war as they cause the death of 5,000 to 6,000 persons per month. "We must find another solution," he pleaded.

The former Irish diplomat, 67, resigned last September from his post of coordinator of the oil-for-food program to protest the maintaining of sanctions against Iraq. Dennis Halliday, who occupied several U.N posts for 30 years, remained in Baghdad only for 13 months.

Halliday accused last week during a visit to France the U.N of practicing "genocide against the Iraqi people." He voiced appreciation for the latest French proposal to come out of the crisis saying the proposal to lift the embargo on Iraq's oil exports while maintaining monitoring on armaments was "viable."
 

TSR

Well-known member
Mike said:
TSR said:
Mike said:
The government of Iran denied reports that it is importing wheat from the United States for the first time in nearly 30 years, according to Iran's Press TV.

"We purchase wheat from Canada and some European countries, but Iran has not had any direct wheat imports from the U.S.,” Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi told an Iranian news agency Sunday.

The denial came in response to media reports last week based on U.S. Agricultural statisitics that Iran resumed buying American wheat this summer following months of drought that have reduced that country's wheat crop by a third, from 15 million to 10 million tons.

Iran has directly purchased more than 1 million tons of U.S. hard red winter wheat since the marketing year began June 1, according to the Wall Street Journal. Following a decades-long hiatus, Iran is now one of the world's largest importers of U.S. wheat.

Iran ceased U.S. wheat imports in the 1981-1982 marketing year, following a revolution in 1979 that damaged relations and ended most diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Iran experts say the new policy shift was made out of necessity, as the country continues to struggle with the U.S. over its nuclear program, which Washington says is being used to develop weapons. Tehran denies those claims saying it is being used only to generate electricity.

State Department spokesman Rob McInturff reportedly said that the exports show the U.S.'s openness to the Iranian people, even as it imposes trade sanctions against the Iranian regime, which do not bar agricultural and medical trade between the countries.

"We have a longstanding policy ... of engaging the Iranian people on the one hand while sanctioning the Iranian government on the other," Mr. McInturff told the Journal.

In years past Iran has purchased wheat from Canada, Australia and the European Union, but supplies are short in those countries and the U.S. winter-wheat harvest is nearly complete, the Journal reported.

_______________________________________________________

I thought we had Iran under sanctions???

It DO make you wonder doesn't it? It seems to me pressure of some type on the general populace of Iran might strain the relationship between the people and their president.

I can only suppose that the sanctions on Iraq during the Clinton Admin when so many Iraqi children died is one of the reasons?

We know the "Oil For Food" program that was administered by the UN was a farce.

Sanctions against Iraq cause death of 6,000 persons per month
Iraq, Politics, 1/27/1999

A former U.N humanitarian official in Iraq, Irish Dennis Halliday, said sanctions against this country cause up to 6,000 deaths per month.

In an interview with British Daily "The Guardian" that was reproduced by French News agency "AFP," halliday said that after 8 years, the sanctions should be considered as a kind of war as they cause the death of 5,000 to 6,000 persons per month. "We must find another solution," he pleaded.

The former Irish diplomat, 67, resigned last September from his post of coordinator of the oil-for-food program to protest the maintaining of sanctions against Iraq. Dennis Halliday, who occupied several U.N posts for 30 years, remained in Baghdad only for 13 months.

Halliday accused last week during a visit to France the U.N of practicing "genocide against the Iraqi people." He voiced appreciation for the latest French proposal to come out of the crisis saying the proposal to lift the embargo on Iraq's oil exports while maintaining monitoring on armaments was "viable."

During that time period when we had sanctions against Iraq I was vacationing in Washington, D.C. There were a lot of protesters around the Whitehouse with pictures of the dead or dying in Iraq, that's why I said "some type" of pressure. I wouldn't be for anything killing innocent children.
 

MoGal

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During that time period when we had sanctions against Iraq I was vacationing in Washington, D.C. There were a lot of protesters around the Whitehouse with pictures of the dead or dying in Iraq, that's why I said "some type" of pressure. I wouldn't be for anything killing innocent children.[/quote]

Off topic......... did you happen to see any of our congressional leaders, they vacation there as well..... they certainly haven't served WE the people for the last 20 years...

MikeC: I wonder if the reason they are trying to keep it quiet is because many of the countries are totally against genetically modified food or seed. Didn't they have that rust virus that wiped out one third of their crops?
 
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