Asian markets lower, oil rises on Iran worries
Rockland Register – Asian stock markets were lower while oil prices surged for a second day after reports Washington would like to…
Tag Archives: Iran oil exports
Weekly report: Leader says Iran to export as much oil as it wishes despite US sanctions
April 28, The Iran Project – President Rouhani and Supreme Leader receive Pakistani PM in Tehran; Parl. ratifies designation of CENTCOM as…
How Trump’s oil plans backfire on him
Iranian Diplomacy | Mohammad Ghaderi: As expected, Donald Trump, the U.S. president didn’t extend sanctions exemptions to nine countries importing oil from…
Trump dream to cut Iran’s oil exports to zero, doomed
IRNA – Many Arab analysts believe that US president Donald Trump’s plan will stop the flow of Iranian oil exports, but, Tehran…
Maximum pressure on Iran won’t work
Foreign Policy | Elizabeth Rosenberg: This week, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo moved to end sanctions waivers on Iranian oil—a major…
Russia won’t immediately raise oil output after Iran waivers end
AFP – Russia will not immediately raise oil output after the United States ends sanctions waivers for buyers of Iranian crude in…
Lawmaker says Iran’s oil to have more costumers during sanctions
MNA – A senior member of Iran’s Parliament said that the country’s oil will have ‘new and more’ customers during the sanctions…
UAE’s participation in Trump’s game to jeopardize their oil exports: Iran’s ex-FM
MNA – “Emirati Sheiks should know that taking a role in Trump’s dangerous game against Iran will decline their oil exports to…
Palestine politician decries US Iran policy as brutality
IRNA – Secretary-General of the Palestinian People’s Party Bassam al-Salehi on Saturday decried the US anti-Iran policy as the utmost brutality and…
Iran has many methods to sell its oil: MP
MNA – An Iranian lawmakers say that the country has numerous methods for selling its oil despite US unilateral sanctions. US officials…
No wind-down for China on stopping its Iran oil buys: Trump officials
Reuters – Two Trump administration officials said on Friday that neither a wind-down period nor a short-term waiver on China’s oil purchases…
Iran currency market in check
Financial Tribune – Despite apprehensions that currency rates would soar after US announcement on Monday that it was ending sanction waivers on…
US may not be able to offset Iran oil losses
World Oil – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo proclaimed America’s ability to help offset supply losses when the the U.S. vowed to…
Forget oil sanctions, end of nuclear cooperation waivers could quietly kill Iran deal
Al-Monitor | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Much of the current debate on the Donald Trump administration’s “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran concerns its decision…
Iran Coverage: Iran has PhD in going around sanctions: Zarif
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran’s foreign minister proposes prisoner exchange with US Iran’s foreign minister offered…
Iran raps Saudi, Bahraini backing for US oil sanctions
Tasnim – Iran’s Foreign Ministry took a swipe at Saudi Arabia and Bahrain for welcoming the US decision to end waivers for…
US sanctions Iran oil due to regional failure
Alwaght – The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday stated that Washington will not renew the waivers to major Iran…
Trump wants to push Iran to the point of no return
The Washington Post | Ishaan Tharoor: Of all the countries in the world, Iran seems to be President Trump’s main squeeze —…
Here’s why the Trump administration’s Iran sanctions strategy won’t work
NPR | Aaron David Miller & Richard Sokolsky: The Trump administration has clear goals for its policy toward Iran: Tehran should accept…
Saudi’s Falih sees no need for swift output action after Iran oil waivers end
Reuters – Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on Wednesday he saw no need to raise oil output immediately after the United States…
Strait of Hormuz: the world’s most important oil artery
Reuters – Iran has said it would block the Strait of Hormuz if it was barred from using the strategic waterway through…
Iran’s top commander: US to pay price for enmities
FNA – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri downplayed the impacts of the US decision to…
We will export oil as much as we intend: Ayatollah Khamenei
Khamenei.ir – On the occasion of the National Week of Labor and Laborers, a group of laborers from across the nation met…
Iran’s chief banker offers plans to address oil export cuts
Tasnim – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdonnaser Hemmati put forward a number of suggestions to deal with any…
Trump to sanction allies over Iran oil, risking friction
Bourse and Bazaar | AFP: The United States said Monday it would start imposing sanctions on friends such as India that buy Iranian oil, in…
Trump’s big Iran oil gamble
Foreign Policy | Keith Johnson, Robbie Gramer: The Trump administration’s announcement Monday that it is ending waivers allowing several countries to keep…
US to end all waivers on imports of Iranian oil, crude price jumps
Reuters | Lesley Wroughton, Humeyra Pamuk: The United States on Monday demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or…
US toughens stance on Iran, ending exemptions from oil sanctions
The Guardian | Julian Borger: The US has announced it will no longer exempt countries from sanctions that aim to impose a…
US making a mistake politicizing oil: Iran oil minister
Reuters – The United States has made a bad mistake by politicizing oil and using it as a weapon, Iran’s Oil Minister…
EU regrets US move to end waivers on Iran oil imports
Anadolu Agency – The European Union on Tuesday regretted the U.S. move to end sanctions waivers on Iran oil imports. Speaking at…
Iran sanctions decision rewards hedge fund oil bulls: Kemp
Reuters | John Kemp: Hedge fund managers added even more bullish long positions in crude oil and gasoline last week as traders…
South Korea to send delegation to US for talks on Iran sanction waivers
Reuters – A South Korean delegation will head to Washington as early as this week for talks with U.S. officials after the…
US cuts Iran oil waivers in move to force Tehran out of nuclear deal
Al-Monitor | Laura Rozen: The Donald Trump administration will not renew sanctions waivers next month for eight countries to continue imports of…
Trump says OPEC can step up output after Iran waivers
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations could “more than make up” for…
China lashes out at US over Iran oil sanctions move
AP — Beijing on Tuesday again lashed out at a U.S. decision to impose sanctions on countries that buy Iranian oil, calling…
Iran daily oil sales never to fall below a million barrels: MP
Tasnim – The chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission shrugged off a recent decision by the US…
US anti-Iran sanctions to fail as they will push oil prices higher: Nasrallah
MNA – Leader of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says the US sanctions on Iran oil will fail as the prices will sharply…
US ending Iran waivers could affect oil markets and beyond
Bloomberg | Pratish Narayanan: Six months after the U.S. rocked oil markets by letting Iranian exports continue, its decision to end sanctions…
Iran says US waivers for ‘illegal’ sanctions have no credit: Spokesman
Press TV – Iran says it considers no value and credit for US sanctions waivers, which allow importers to continue buying Iranian…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy threatens to close Hormuz Strait – Reports
Sputnik – The Strait of Hormuz is a key strategic waterway situated between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, with…