Official Dismisses U.S. Agenda to Zero Iran's Oil Exports
EHRAN (FNA) - Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht on Tuesday played down U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks that sanctions would zero Iran's oil exports as nonsense, adding that Tehran will remain an OPEC supplier exporting crude at specified quota.
"Zeroing Iran's oil exports is an absurd and useless word which had earlier been responded by the Iranian officials. We don't want to see any restriction, but our OPEC ceiling for oil exports," Nobakht told reporters in a press conference in Tehran.
He also said that Iran expects the governments which have signed the 2015 nuclear deal, except the U.S. which has retreated, to help the country supply crude after Washington's re-imposition of sanctions.
Asked by reporters about the recent visit by the Leader's top aide for international affairs Akbar Velayati to Russia, Nobakht said during the trip it became more evident that Moscow is committed to its agreements with Tehran and is eager to make huge investments in Iran's infrastructural projects.
Iran had also on Monday said that Trump's bombastic rhetoric presents a dream which may never come true.
"Zeroing Iran's oil exports is an absurd and useless word which had earlier been responded by the Iranian officials. We don't want to see any restriction, but our OPEC ceiling for oil exports," Nobakht told reporters in a press conference in Tehran.
He also said that Iran expects the governments which have signed the 2015 nuclear deal, except the U.S. which has retreated, to help the country supply crude after Washington's re-imposition of sanctions.
Asked by reporters about the recent visit by the Leader's top aide for international affairs Akbar Velayati to Russia, Nobakht said during the trip it became more evident that Moscow is committed to its agreements with Tehran and is eager to make huge investments in Iran's infrastructural projects.
Iran had also on Monday said that Trump's bombastic rhetoric presents a dream which may never come true.