Comments by "Simon Hool" (@simonhool3073) on "Fox News" channel.

  1. Bigg Phillips No, not at all. Under your logic are America the world police with their sanctions on Middle East countries and NK.
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  2. Alo Ben You are delusional.
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  3. Wicked 1323 Part of the EU or not, you can still have sanctions placed on you. If you could avoid sanctions by not being in the group the EU wouldn’t bother would they.
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  4. Wicked 1323 No sanction on that
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  5. Mohammad Ghahraman Not stupid, you are for saying that. You don’t have to be part of a group such as the EU to have sanctions placed on you.
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  6. Mike Shimer Explain
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  7. yash pandey EU don’t own a nuclear weapons, some nations of the EU do but not the EU itself.
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  8. Bigg Phillips Not true, sanctions can be placed on a country wether they are in or not part of a group such as the EU.
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  9. J vdSpuy The ship has violated sanctions however the two countries are now talking about the release and the consequence.
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  10. Mac Panah Not an act of piracy at all. The sanctions are valid in all waters. Ships sailing the high seas are generally under the jurisdiction of the flag state (if there is one); however, when a ship is involved in certain criminal acts, such as piracy or sanctions, any nation can exercise jurisdiction under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction. This is under the UN Convention or the Seas, which Iran agreed to.
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  11. peyman arefi Don’t have to be part of the EU or any such group to avoid sanctions. If this was the case the EU would have never placed the sanction would they.
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  12. peyman arefi EU can impose sanctions internationally as set out by the UN and on the EU organisation documents they can. If they couldn’t they would be in court at The Hague.
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  13. peyman arefi You are sure, what a cracking reliable judgement that is. Any evidence to say that only European countries can have EU sanctions.
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  14. Mehdi Be Because Iran isn’t in the EU doesn’t mean that it can evade the sanctions. If this was the case the sanction would have never been placed on the country or any other country which has been happening for years.
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  15. jitterball Not an act of piracy. Ships sailing the high seas are generally under the jurisdiction of the flag state (if there is one); however, when a ship is involved in certain criminal acts, such as piracy or sanctions, any nation can exercise jurisdiction under the doctrine of universal jurisdiction. EU sanctions are relevant in international waters and the waters of nation members. This is under the UN Convention of the Seas which Iran and the EU agreed on.
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  16. Mr. Right Not true, go and research the Convention of the high seas.
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  17. jim james If you knew anything about the subject, quite a lot actually.
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  18. John T Being part of the EU or not, doesn’t make a difference.
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  19. John T The EU sanction certain trades going to Syria, one of those is oil. It not Iran sanctioning Syria but the EU for supplying fuel to the Assad regime.
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  20. John T No member of the EU opposed the sanctions when made in 2015. The EU have every legal right to set sanctions, they always have done.
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  21. John T As explained, you don’t have to be part of any group such as the EU to avoid sanctions placed on you. If this was the case the EU wouldn’t bother in the first place and they wouldn’t be valid but no one has challenged them for a reason.
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  22. MrB1923 Not piracy at all, any evidence.
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  23. Snifferking Don’t have to be in the EU or any group to receive sanctions.
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  24. Nickoftime .S The oil was going to Assad’s regime. Until he stops killing his own people then sanctions are lifted to rebuild the economy. Simple.
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