Reuters: Iranian tanker reaches destination, oil sold: ministry tells TV
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman on Sunday said an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers had reached its destination and sold its oil, state television reported.
“The tanker has gone to its destination, the oil has been sold,” spokesman Abbas Mousavi told the television station without disclosing whether the crude oil had been delivered.
The tanker Adrian Darya 1, which went dark off Syria last week, has been photographed by satellite off the Syrian port of Tartus.
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Update #1: Iranian tanker row: Oil 'sold' in defiance of US threats (BBC)
Update #2: Iran says tanker last seen off coast of Syria has reached its destination, and oil has been sold (The Independent)
WNU Editor: The final destination and buyer was always Syria
Update #3: Throughout history bribes have been used to implement an agenda or action. What the U.S. tried to do is nothing new, it is just that in this case it did not succeed .... What a multi-million dollar 'bribe' for oil supertanker says about Trump’s Iran policy (USA Today).
4 comments:
I believe your tone would be different if it was an Obama administration that did this, and not a Trump admin.
What this says is that Trump would rather throw money at a problem. A problem that should never have happened or been allowed to happen, because it undermines sanctions and this sends the wrong message when you are trying to enforce sanctions.
You pick your battles. You do not fight at every opportunity even if you win every engagement, it may delay final victory.
It is a hard lesson to grasp, but an army-in-being sometimes is worth more than an army put to battle. This is easiest seen in medieval and early modern campaigns.
A person should always know there battlespace.
Water transportation is the cheapest, but that route surely jacked up the price and utility of that oil.
Iran and Syria paid a higher price than they wanted to.
I wonder how many more millions Iran offered that captain.?
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