Iran Gasoline Suppliers Rethink in Face of US Sanctions Threat

摘要

The US Congress is expected early next year to introduce new sanctions against Iran that target what many lawmakers view as the country's "Achilles' heel" - its dependence on imported gasoline, which at current levels of around 120,000 barrels per day represent over one-third of domestic consumption. But Western diplomats who are still hoping that Iran will make last-minute concessions on its uranium enrichment program fear any action by Congress will only ratchet up tensions and make Iran even less inclined to negotiate a solution to the nuclear standoff (IOD Nov.11,p3).