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India in bind over Iran oil import as US seeks tighter sanctions to curtail its nuclear programme

Times Of India -- India will have to walk a fine line between continuing to source oil imports from Iran and escalating pressure from the US and Europe to adhere to tighter sanctions against the Islamic republic designed to prevent it from weaponizing its nuclear programme.

New Delhi may be staunchly opposed to Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons, but is caught in a bind since it cannot afford to substantially cut back energy imports from Iran, which as India's second largest supplier after Saudi Arabia meets 12% of its total oil requirements.

Tighter Western sanctions will make it harder for India to pay for the oil it sources from Iran, especially since Washington has declared it will ban from the American market all financial institutions that transact petroleum business with Tehran's Central Bank from


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wild3bill
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Members of the exclusive Nuke Club want India and Iran either kicked out of kept out. they are NON-GRATA...
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tomok
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Message Posted: Feb 6, 2012 1:29:00 AM

India will get its oil from whomever it can, if it’s Iran then so be it. All the US and the world can do is talk, talk, talk!
If the world imposed sanctions on the US, would they make them walk a ‘fine line’ too?
The price of fuel at the pump is too high!
12/22/2012!
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Haha cimilluca1, so true!
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p nds close and your enmies closer.
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Hit India hard if they don't want to play ball.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 10:03:52 PM

This could be very interesting......If this keeps up the next time I call customer service it might be someone I actually understand!
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:58:39 PM

Birds of a feather.... put the SANCTIONS on INDIA TOO! Same for CHINA if they but oil from IRAN!!
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:58:38 PM

If India chooses Iran then we need to get all computers jobs back in the U.S.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:54:21 PM

I guess they have to pick a side.. can't sit on the fence like some presidents..
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:51:19 PM

ok
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:50:51 PM

Make India pay a fine!
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:49:20 PM

interesting...
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GOOD LET'S GET TOUGH ON iNDIA AND cHINA BOTH SMALL THINKERS
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I agree life choices are tough
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:37:10 PM

If India does not want to play ball then embargo India too.... and while we are at it send all their 7-11 mgrs back to them
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bummer, ain't it?
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OK
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Life is full of tough choices.
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What a country.

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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:25:11 PM

so sorry
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:22:57 PM

Next time I make a call for customer support, I will have to tell that person to demand his/her politicians that India support the sanctions against Iran.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:21:43 PM

I'm sure India will continue to buy oil from them.
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US companies stopping their outsourcing to Inida would get their attention.
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This problem will get bigger.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:18:56 PM

Very good posts by; duffee01, netman044, BKool, and amearly.. I have been
asking many congressmen the same question for years, WHEN WILL THEY DO WHAT IS GOOD FOR OUR COUNTRY????? When another country is in need of help WE ARE THERE. When we need help where are they???? You can count them on less than a hand..
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This is going to cost us at the pump
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if we make money (oil) we help if not bye bye
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:14:21 PM

So they should, especially since they are making arrangements to augment supply & protect payments to Iran from US/European intervention. It means they are directly supporting terrorists just like Pakistan that they criticized.
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All the more reason why both Canada and the US need the Keystone XL pipeline. It's time to quit stalling and get it done. The Gateway pipeline is not popular in the US, as it was originally intended to sell oil to China. But if it's built, it gives the option to tell India and Korea to buy friendly Canadian oil instead of hostile Iranian oil. So let's build this one too.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:10:14 PM

India will want more financial aid from us to comply
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Have they checked out drilling their own wells?
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Lets brink back the jobs from India that support USA companies.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:06:11 PM

ok
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Obama needs to let Canada build the Keystone pipeline down to us. We would need less Oil from Arab nations. India could buy that oil.
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India should be careful...look what happened to the last indians that pissed us off...lol
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Ok.
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Goes to the highest bider.
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Interesting.
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It is going to get rough so hang on to your hat and try to weather the storm.
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Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 8:49:31 PM

The ins and outs of global oil politics
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Interesting situation!
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Know your allies......
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We can't make India do anything.

Well, if we removed all the call centers, they may come to heel.
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So are we going to sell oil to India???
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Lets hope so!
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No surprise here. We've seen that some countries may get squeezed in the sanctions.
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Since the US is a net exporter of oil now, we should be able to take up the slack. Oops, forgot to add my sarcasm markers.
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India need to do what is good for India. Let the chips fall where they may.
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