Iran Press/America: Brazilian Chief Justice Dias Toffoli has overturned an injunction on Thursday that authorized state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA to refrain from fuelling up the vessels.
The Brazilian company has denied the service for a month citing United States’ sanctions to Iran, Reuters reported.
Iran’s Ambassador in Brasilia, Seyyed Ali Saghaeyan told Brazilian officials on July 24 that they should be aware of consequences over refusing fuel to ships.
The two Iranian bulk carriers came to Brazil carrying urea and were expected to return home with corn, but Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras has refused to provide them with bunker fuel under the pretext of unilateral US sanctions.
On Jul. 24, Iran’s Ambassador in Brasilia told Brazilian officials that they should be aware of consequences over refusing fuel to ships.
Brazil and Iran have a long good relation, but the policy of the newly elected president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, and his tendency toward establishing good relation with Israel and the United States affected the South American country's relation with Iran.
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