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Iran says it has full control of Gulf, U.S. Navy does not belong there | Reuters
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Iran has full control of the Gulf and the U.S. Navy does not belong there, the head of the navy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, General Alireza Tangsiri, was quoted by Tasnim news agency as saying on Monday.

Tehran has suggested it could take military action in the Gulf to block other countries’ oil exports in retaliation for U.S. sanctions intended to halt its sales of crude. Washington maintains a fleet in the Gulf that protects oil shipping routes.

Tangsiri said Iran had full control of the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz that leads into it. Closing the strait would be the most direct way of blocking shipping.

“We can ensure the security of the Persian Gulf and there is no need for the presence of aliens like the U.S. and the countries whose home is not in here,” he said in the quote, which appeared in English translation on Tasnim.

Qatar restarts development of world’s biggest gas field after 12-year freeze | Reuters
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Qatar has lifted a self-imposed ban on development of the world’s biggest natural gas field, the chief executive of Qatar Petroleum said on Monday, as the world’s top LNG exporter looks to see off an expected rise in competition.

Qatar declared a moratorium in 2005 on the development of the North Field, which it shares with Iran, to give Doha time to study the impact on the reservoir from a rapid rise in output.

The vast offshore gas field, which Doha calls the North Field and Iran calls South Pars, accounts for nearly all of Qatar’s gas production and around 60 percent of its export revenue.

(...) “Iran’s gas production in South Pars can exceed Qatar’s before the end of new Iranian year (ending March 20, 2018),” Zanganeh was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency on Thursday.

Total was the first Western energy company to sign a major deal with Tehran since the lifting of international sanctions.

Kaabi said the decision to lift the moratorium was not prompted by Iran’s plan to develop its part of the shared field.

“What we are doing today is something completely new and we will in future of course ... share information on this with them (Iran).”

Après de nombreux rebondissements, la première livraison de missiles russes S-300 à l’Iran vient d’être effectuée :
1st delivery of Russian S-300 air defense system arrives in Iran - Iranian FM
RT / 11.04.16
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