Iran Says Trump’s Maximum Pressure Will Fail to Drive Its Oil Exports to Zero.
The new U.S. Administration’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran will fail – again – and will not achieve its goal to drive the Islamic Republic’s oil exports to zero, Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said this weekend.
“The maximum pressure policy has failed, and (Trump’s) dream of reducing Iran’s oil exports to zero will never come true,” the Iranian minister was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump restored the “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran. In a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) this week, President Trump directed the Secretary of State to modify or rescind sanctions waivers, particularly those that provide Iran any degree of economic or financial relief.
The Secretary of State shall also “implement a robust and continual campaign, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and other relevant executive departments or agencies, to drive Iran’s export of oil to zero, including exports of Iranian crude to the People’s Republic of China,” per the presidential memorandum.
Source: OILPRICE