Iran Warns The U.S. To Not Seize It's Fuel Shipment to Venezuela

Venezuela is in desperate need of gasoline and other refined fuels to keep the country functioning amid an economic collapse [Reuters]

Al Jazeera: Iran media warn US against any move on fuel shipment to Venezuela

At least one tanker carrying fuel loaded at an Iranian port has set sail for Venezuela amid US threats.

An Iranian news agency close to the elite Revolutionary Guard said on Saturday that there would be repercussions if the United States acted "just like pirates" against an Iranian fuel shipment to Venezuela.

A senior official in President Donald Trump's administration told Reuters News Agency last week the US was considering measures it could take in response to Iran's shipment of fuel to crisis-stricken Venezuela.

The oil sectors of Iran and Venezuela, members of OPEC, are both under US sanctions. The Trump administration official declined to specify the measures being weighed, but said options would be presented to Trump.

"If the United States, just like pirates, intends to create insecurity on international waterways, it would be taking a dangerous risk, and that will certainly not go without repercussion," Iran's Nour news agency said.

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