US President Barack Obama sees no reasons to believe that Iran could attack the United States, RIA Novosti reports.
Iran and Western states have recently had disagreements over the Iranian nuclear program. Hossein Salami, Deputy Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, said that Iran would attack any state allowing its territory to be used against Iran.
Foreign ministers of 27 EU states met in Brussels on January 23 and approved the embargo on Iranian oil exports. The new package of sanctions includes a gradual ban on imports of petroleum from Iran. The embargo will come into full force on July 1. As a response, Iran threatened to block the Hormuz Strait, a vital naval route for oil transport from the Gulf. The US brought an aircraft carrier group to the area.
Experts believe that the conflict may turn into a military clash. Georgia, Turkey, Israel and monarchies of the Gulf are opposed to Iran.
The US and a set of other Western states accuse Iran of developing nuclear arms on the background of peaceful atom. Tehran denies all accusations and insists that the nuclear program is to fulfill demands for electricity.
