Zangeneh Denies Drop in Iran’s Oil Sales

Date: 24 June 2019 - 21:43

News ID: ۶۷۳۷۴

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh on Monday quashed rumors about a slump in the country’s oil sales.
In comments Zangeneh said reports about a decrease in Iranian oil sales in recent days are "an outright lie”.
Asked about the current amount of Iranian oil sales, the minister said, "I do not mention a figure, because it would be detrimental to us.”
In comments in January, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said there are several approaches available for Iran to sell its oil despite the U.S. sanctions.
"We proudly get around the U.S. sanctions,” the president said.
The U.S. government imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran in November 2018.
In May last year, the U.S. president pulled his country out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear deal that was achieved in Vienna in 2015 after years of negotiations among Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the U.S., Britain, France and Germany).
*****Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh