Speaker’s adviser: US failing to prevent Iran’s oil exports
An adviser to Iran’s Parliament speaker blasted US President Donald Trump for reimposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic, and said that Washington can in no way block Tehran’s crude exports.
According to Fars News Agency, Hossein Amir Abdollahian further said in a meeting with Russian Ambassador to Iran Leval Djagarian , “The US policy to prevent Iran from exporting oil is doomed to failure.”
He pointed to US measures to increase pressures on Iran, and said, “The US has spared no effort to divert public opinion in Iran, but Iran has made utmost effort to restore peace and stability in the region and world in particular.”
The two sides also evaluated political trend and the fight against terrorism in Syria as ‘positive’ and reiterated political solution to crisis in Yemen.
US President Donald Trump announced on May 8 that Washington would no longer remain part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and promised to re-impose the highest level of economic sanctions against Iran.
The sanctions reinstated on Iran included boycott of Iran’s crude supplies and bans on transfer of its crude revenues. There is a 180-day interval before these sanctions come into effect. Other US secondary sanctions were reinstated this month.