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A little Ali Larijani Story I have a little Ali Larijani story. In 2005, Iran signed a deal to export five million tonnes of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, for 25 years to India, with deliveries scheduled to start in 2009. Ali Larijani, as secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (a job he had till his assassination by the devilish Israelis), negotiated directly with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh about the price of gas to be paid by India. During a visit to New Delhi, Larijani was told by Dr. Singh that the price of gas needed to be adjusted. The Iranian official said let me connect you to President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and the matter can be resolved. The call was made from the PMO and Mr. Ahmedinejad and Dr. Singh spoke and arrived at an agreement on the call. However, towards the end of September 2005, India voted with the United States and key European nations to refer the Iranian “nuclear question” to the UN Security Council. Almost immediately, Iran informed India’s IAEA envoy, Sheel Khant Sharma, that the LNG deal was off. Though the Manmohan Singh government “denied” my report in The Hindu, the fact is that not a single ship delivered any LNG from Iran to India. The Iranians were shocked. An Iranian diplomat asked me at the time: “What happened?” The answer remains: “American pressure”. substack.com/profile/427511…



















