Oil price to reach all-time high on continuing standoff on Iran nuclear case
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Feb 1, IRNA
Iran-Nuclear-Oil
The chairman of Majlis' Energy Commission, Kamal Daneshyar, said on Wednesday that the continuing standoff on Iran's nuclear case could raise global oil pricec to USD 100/barrel.
Speaking to reporters, Daneshyar assured US officials that Iran's nuclear case "will never end up in the United Nations Security Council.
"Referring the case to the UNSC has its own mechanism," the MP said, adding that "a decision to refer Iran's nuclear case to the UNSC is a new issue being considered as a result of US pressures on Russia, Britain, France and China."
"Americans are trying to intimidate Iran by saying they will refer its nuclear case to the UNSC, but deep inside they know that they have no evidence to prove any Iranian violation (of
international laws and regulations).
"The US is influencing world public opinion with its insistence that Iran's (nuclear) case be sent to the SC," Daneshyar argued.
He added that what the US desires is to have Tehran receive "sufficient guarantees from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in order to build a nuclear power plant, launch atomic research or produce nuclear fuel for its atomic power plants." The MP stressed that the issue of producing nuclear energy is currently even "more important than that of having fresh air to breath."
Daneshyar said that the trend of increasing exploitation of fossil fuels could lead to an unprecedented increase in global oil prices to as much as USD 250/barrel in the next decade.
Reiterating that there is no sufficient evidence to refer Iran's nuclear case to the UNSC, the MP suggested that instead of Iran "America should be referred to the Security Council for refusing to be disarmed."
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