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US to end sanction waivers for countries importing Iranian oil – White House United States to end sanction waivers for countries importing Iranian oil
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The White House has announced Monday that the United States will end Iran sanctions waivers, a decision that "is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero." The White House has announced Monday that the United States will end Iran sanctions waivers. Countries that continue buying Iranian crude past the May 2 deadline will risk facing US sanctions.
According to the statement from the Office of the Press Secretary, “[US President Donald] Trump has decided not to reissue Significant Reduction Exceptions (SREs) when they expire in early May.” According to the statement from the Office of the Press Secretary, US “President Donald J. Trump has decided not to reissue Significant Reduction Exceptions (SREs) when they expire in early May,” a decision that "is intended to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero."
Countries that continue buying Iranian crude past the May 2 deadline will risk facing US sanctions. According to the White House statement, “The United States, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, three of the world’s great energy producers, along with our friends and allies, are committed to ensuring that global oil markets remain adequately supplied.”
“We have agreed to take timely action to assure that global demand is met as all Iranian oil is removed from the market,” the statement read.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW “The Trump Administration has taken Iran’s oil exports to historic lows, and we are dramatically accelerating our pressure campaign in a calibrated way that meets our national security objectives while maintaining well supplied global oil markets,” a statement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo read.
“Today’s announcement builds on the already significant successes of our pressure campaign. We will continue to apply maximum pressure on the Iranian regime until its leaders change their destructive behavior, respect the rights of the Iranian people, and return to the negotiating table.”
Washington re-imposed sanctions on Tehran after President Donald Trump withdrew the US from a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and several world powers. With a goal of completely halting Iran’s oil exports, Washington granted temporary import waivers to China, India, Greece, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Turkey and South Korea to ensure low oil prices and avoid disruption to the global oil market.
Ahead of the announcement, oil prices jumped past the highs not seen since last fall. Both Brent and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) surged about three percent on Monday. Benchmark Brent was trading at $73.65 a barrel at 13:23 GMT, while a barrel of WTI crude sold for $65.35.
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