Iranian Oil

This link is to a Fars News agency website article about Iranian governmental criticism of trade sanctions imposed by the US and the EU. 

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8907191527 

The Iranian oil minister makes a very good point that the reliance by the west on oil and gas from countries such as Iran will render the sanctions void as western businesses will not be able to trade without them. His statement ratified by French and Italian petrol giants who 'obeyed' these sanctions only until businesses from other regions started taking advantage of the gap in the market. This shows that the US cannot just dictate how things are going to be and expect the rest of the world to just jump and follow suit. They have vast stores and supplies of fossil fuels at their disposal and so can afford to alienate nations who's political agenda they don't agree with unfortunately the rest of the world doesn't have it as easy and must be cautious. It also suggests an almost mockery of the States authority by these European companies as they pretend to appease them but at the first hurdle break the sanctions imposed.  That is not to say i don't agree fully with sanctions such as these placed on countries who's aggressive fundamentalism creates a threat to the western world, just it seems that if the nations placing the sanctions cannot adhere to them then another method of obtaining the same outcome needs to be found.