Iranian Commerce Minister Masoud Mirkazemi has rejected recent reports that the country has imported wheat from the United States.
Western media reported Wednesday that Iran ordered over one million tons of wheat with an estimated value of $350 million over a several-week period. “We purchase wheat from Canada and some European countries, but Iran has not had any direct wheat imports from the U.S.,” Mehr news agency quoted Mirkazemi as saying.
Iran has announced plans to import one million tons of wheat per month in September, October and November in order to compensate for a drop in the country’s grain production.
US traders say that much of the wheat Iran imports from the Black Sea region lack high “feed” quality. They have also raised concerns about the quality of European wheat.
Mirkazemi rejected the reports, saying the imported wheat was of high quality.
Yes of course. Since we've had news reports of us trading with Iran such as tobacco, I'm quite sure that they've NEVER gotten anything from us, especially when they've had a dramatic drop in wheat output.
Remember Iran, just because we need your oil doesn't mean you don't need stuff from us. Perhaps you should be a bit nicer to us eh?
Or, you could starve to death and we could deal with higher gas prices. Doesn't sound like a win-win situation to me for you guys.
Travis
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