President Iran

Is Iran trying to start something by seizing oil wells in Iraq? Or is it Iraqi propaganda?

This latest news wire says it all. "Iranian security forces seized oil well in southern Iraq, two senior Iraqi government officials say; Iran denies it."

Public Comments

1. I agree with you, lets boycott Iraq.lol.
2. No, it's true. That border area is disputed (has been since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980's). Iran seized one oil well at the border as an act of provocation(due to Iraq's upcoming elections). Iraq has a large Shi'ite Majority, and Iran is Shi'ite Islamic state, so you could imagine how worried Iraq is over it's neighbors constant meddling and involvement (fuding Shi'ite militants and sending Quds commandoes to teach insurgents how to make IEDs)
3. I think its propaganda by our government to make excuses for another war -- just like they did with Iraq.
4. Who knows. It raises the question who does it belong to, though. I mean nobody said they belong to the US
5. Another arse kicking contest in the making, me thinks.
6. Iraq actually has no reason to dislike Iran, the war between those two countries was started by Saddam and supported by the U.S. while the people now running Iraq received aid and protection in Iran. Saddam was Sunni while the Iraqi majority and the Iranians are Shiite, Iraq actually has more in common with Iran than with us. Iran was the single biggest beneficiary of our deposing Saddam, thanks to us they're now in the strongest position they've been since the '50s when the U.S. and Britain deposed their democratically elected government and put the Shah in power. The idea that the Iraqi people should put U.S. national interests ahead of their own is why they want us gone, and the same is true in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
7. Iran is trying to start something. They are pushing the envelope as far as they can. I believe it is a case of misdirection. If they can get the media and others to look at these small actions as a larger problem then perhaps the propaganda machines will deflect a lot of attention away from their nuclear program. That's what it seems like to me anyways. They are creating diversions in the international community to continue with their work on their plutonium production alleviating any extra pressure from the concerned foreign governments.
8. You have to understand the way the Iran regime thinks. They think a major attack (even one that they provoke) will usher in their mahadi.
9. It depends on the source of the information. If it's the USA, it's propaganda. If it's Iraq, it's true and Iran is up to no good.
10. Sure, if -- or -- given that it is true, then such an act evidences a start, I mean to ask, is not the seizing a commencement already ... of 'something''; and how is using propoganda any less a start of something big? Iran is the big boy on the block, whose actions are mitigated only by their acknowledgement of the likes of Egypt and a few other nations inside and outside the middle east -- said friends and foes alike.