Iran presses on with oil sales despite US sanctions
Iran is stilling its oil, saying the US's ‘maximum pressure’ on Tehran has failed
02 December 2019 - 13:40
Dubai — Iran is stilling its oil despite US sanctions on Tehran's exports, the country's vice-president Eshaq Jahangiri was quoted on Monday as saying by state TV, adding that Washington's “maximum pressure” on Tehran had failed.
“Despite the US's pressure ... and its imposed sanctions on our oil exports, we still continue to sell our oil by using other means ... when even friendly countries have stopped purchasing our crude fearing the US's penalties,” Jahangiri said...
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