President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran says members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) need to stay away from political games and remain united to thwart threats of sanctions by the United States.

According to The Iran Project, Pezeshkian told the visiting OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais in Tehran on Wednesday, “I believe if OPEC members act together, the United States cannot impose sanctions against any of them.”

The Iranian president was referring to threats by US President Donald Trump to cut off Iran’s oil exports.

Pezeshkian said his policy is to deepen brotherhood within OPEC given, as he put it, the significance of the matter in reaching a “common language, perspective, and policy.”

“Sharing experiences and achievements, as well as collective market management, constitute serious areas of cooperation among OPEC members.”