It's impossible to exclude Iran oil from market: OPEC secretary-
Tehran (KNA) - Speaking from Tehran, the OPEC chief says it is "impossible" to eliminate Iranian crude from the global market, as the United States steps up a Saudi-sponsored push to force Tehran's crude exports to "zero" as part of its unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Mohammed Barkindo, the secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, was speaking Thursday on the sidelines of the 24th International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Barkindo further pointed to the challenges facing OPEC member Iran after Washington tightened its oil sanctions against the country, saying he was certain that Tehran would successfully overcome the issues thanks to the experience it has gained in dealing with such restrictive measures over the past years.
Thursday marked the day when American waivers from sanctions for eight major buyers of Iranian crude - China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece - expired.
The White House said in a statement on April 22 that the decision to end the exemptions was intended "to bring Iran's oil exports to zero," around a year after it abandoned a 2015 multinational nuclear deal with Iran and reinstated its sanctions against the Islamic Republic in a much-criticized move.
Source: PressTV