Iran: European leaders ‘a threat’, says website

AKI: Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy were a dangerous triangle, according to an Iranian website close to the government.

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Tehran, 9 May (AKI) – Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Nicolas Sarkozy were a dangerous triangle, according to an Iranian website close to the government.

"The Berlusconi-Merkel-Sarkozy triangle represents a threat," said the website,'Tabnak, considered to be close to the former commander of Iran's revolutionary guards, Mohsen Rezaii.

The article published by Tabnak also discussed the possibility of withdrawing investments by European oil companies in the Iranian energy sector.

"The triangle is doing everything to impede European oil companies to collaborate with the Islamic Republic, despite their avid interest in investing in Iran," said the site.

Tabnak denied claims by the Spanish media that announced a decision by energy giant Repsol and Dutch Shell to leave Iran and stop the development of the 13th and 14th phase of the offshore oil field in South Pars.

According to the newsite, both European companies will honour the contract, rather than collaborate in later phases of development.

"Managers from both companies are looking for funding by Arab countries in the Gulf," concluded the article.