Give up nukes. Permanently.
Give up nukes. Permanently.
Nothing to see here, folks. The regime is becoming more moderate. Move it along.
In all seriousness, the Iranian Revolutionary regime is one that has engaged in lawlessness, mendacity and terror. The Western Governments were engaged in self-delusion thinking that their playing a shell game of putting some anodyne Santa Claus-like figure as Rouhani signaled some major institutional shift in policy. It was simply playing Good Cop Bad Cop.
So when the UK seizes and Iranian ship it is ok when Iran seizes an UK ship it is lawlessness?
Correct.
The UK is a democracy engaging in legal sanction against Syria. Iran is aware of the sanction. Iran nonetheless sent a tanker, secretly and flying a false (not convenient) flag to Syria. It was an act of deception and fully aware of the consequences should they be discovered.
Iran is a backwards theocracy without legitimate claim to the tanker.
Details, details... I know, but they matter.
Exactly, what else would anyone expect of Iran? Their backs are against the wall, they're sanctioned to death and their economy is being strangled. What are they supposed to do, sit back and let everyone in Iran starve to death?
I think the theory is that they quit doing bad things, and get the sanctions lifted.
It's Trump's fault.
How is it illegal for Iran to supply oil to Syria under international law?
Via EU EEZ.
IF it tries to dock in a port in Turkey or in another country that participates in the Syrian oil embargo yes (in theory at least)!
But if it just sails the Dardanelles straights, the tanker is considered to be in international waters even though it may be a few hundred meters away from Turkey land
Sadly, you have bought the bull again. Iran was in compliance all along, and there is proof of that by the inspections conducted by the International Atomic Energy Commission. This is all of Trump's making and only to undo something good that Barack Obama accomplished.
Nope, and I explained why
EEZ does not give full sovereignty over the surface waters and does not cover straights and narrow bodies of sea waters.
You can see it also from the opposite side: if you think that EU EEZ gives the right to EU countries to control free shipping in the Mediterranean Sea, then the Iranian EEZ gives it the right to control free shipping in the Straights of Hormuz and in the Persian Gulf waters
Strait of Hormuz - Wikipedia
The strait is about 90 nautical miles (167 km) long, with a width varying from about 52 nautical miles (96 km) to 21 nautical miles (39 km).[2][3]
Yes. So what? Latakia is in Syria.
That's my point.
It can have a flag saying "I am going to Latakia in Syria" and can still sail through the Dardanelle straights unmolested according to the intnernational maritime treaties.
Legal jurisdiction. UK broke no law.
Talk about buying a line! On the nuclear front - sure they were in compliance, with a weak deal, at least as long as it was convenient. And on the non-nuclear front, of course, now they are shooting down drones and pirating ships in international waters.
Yes. And . . . ?
The neocons are back and they want war with Iran. Would be good for their bottom line.
The drone was in Iran's air space.
And yes, Iran is going to behave erratically now, that's why Barack Obama and John Kerry orchestrated an unbelievable feat, a nuclear deal that was agreed upon by the US, Iran and the P5 +1, the UN Security Council's top five members.
Then I think we agreed in the answering of the question I asked
.. We all know that Russia is helping Assad. So, say tomorrow a Russian oil tanker leaves Crimea and sails towards Syria: Is there any authority to capture this ship as it crosses the Dardanelles straights?
The answer is "no," correct?
There is no full legal jurisdiction over surface waters (and may be no legal jurisdiction at all, depending on the case).
Again
Exclusive economic zone - Wikipedia
The difference between the territorial sea and the exclusive economic zone is that the first confers full sovereignty over the waters, whereas the second is merely a "sovereign right" which refers to the coastal state's rights below the surface of the sea. The surface waters, as can be seen in the map, are international waters.[2]
By your logic, Iran also did not break any law since it seized ships within its EEZ
Territorial waters - WikipediaThe contiguous zone is a band of water extending farther from the outer edge of the territorial sea to up to 24 nautical miles (44.4 km; 27.6 mi) from the baseline, within which a state can exert limited control for the purpose of preventing or punishing "infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea".
Via EU EEZ.
Here is a map of UK Exclusive Economic Zones. Do you see a blue dot anywhere near Gibraltar?
International air space, in the Strait of Hormuz.
You can only polish that turd so much.
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