Iran backs oil bar on Israel supporters
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that imposing an oil embargo on backers of Israel over its attack on Gaza was a "good proposal" but said such an idea was not on the agenda yet.
Ahmadinejad was asked about an Iranian commander's call earlier this month for an oil embargo on Israel's supporters.
"I think it is a good proposal if Arab countries co-operate. It can't be that nations give oil and it is turned into a bullet, a missile or a bomb on the heads of the people of Gaza. This is not a fair equation," Ahmadinejad said.
"But such a thing is not on the agenda yet," Reuters quoted him as telling a news conference.
Iran has said in the past oil could be used as a weapon in rows with its enemies.
An aide to Iran's supreme leader yesterday said oil could be used as a weapon against Israel, the US and their allies, 10 days after an Iranian military commander urged Islamic countries to cut exports to the Jewish state's backers.
But Saudi Arabia last week said that Middle East producers would ignore the commander's call.