Report calls for gasoline embargo on Iran via the United Arab Emirates
WASHINGTON — The United States has been urged to work with the United
Arab Emirates to reduce gasoline exports to Iran.
A report by the Bipartisan Policy Center recommended that the
administration of President Barack Obama launch efforts to impose a gasoline
embargo on the Teheran regime.
The report said a key target must be the UAE,
a leading supplier of gasoline and other products to Iran, Middle East Newsline reported.
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"The administration might insist that the United Arab Emirates reduce
its export of gasoline to Iran in exchange for U.S. cooperation on the
United Arab Emirates' nuclear program," the report said.
The UAE has launched a $20 billion nuclear project based on the
construction of several reactors over the next decade. In mid-2009, Obama
approved an agreement for U.S. nuclear cooperation with Abu Dhabi.
The report also urged the White House to block any Iranian purchase of
gasoline through Israel. The center said Israel, despite identifying Iran as
a leading threat, could be playing a role in the supply of fuel to the
Teheran regime.
"The White House should in any case insist that Israel use its leverage
over companies that lease crude oil or petroleum product storage sites
within the country, or that supply it with gasoline and other products, if
those same companies are also identified as suppliers to Iran," the report
said.
