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| EU oil buyers won’t return our calls despite US waivers, Iran gripes |
| 2019-02-06 |
| [IsraelTimes] Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh appears to be referring to Greece and Italia, which were among eight nations granted waivers to import Iranian oil despite US sanctions in November The US began ramping up sanctions after US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... withdrew from Iran’s 2015 nuclear accord with world powers last year. Oil exports are a key source of revenue for Iran. The temporary waivers were intended to give countries more time to comply with the sanctions. Separately, Iran ruled out linkage between a new EU mechanism to trade with Tehran bypassing US sanctions and an anti-money laundering bill. "Linking implementation of this mechanism... with the requirements of institutions such as the FATF is unacceptable," the foreign ministry said, referring to the international Financial Action Task Force. Iran is on an FATF blacklist drawn up to counter money laundering and the financing of terrorist groups, but the Gay Paree-based organization has suspended counter-measures since 2017 while Tehran works on reforms. EU leaders on Monday welcomed the bloc’s new mechanism to trade with Iran but warned Tehran over its ballistic missile program and regional policies while calling for it to implement reforms to comply with FATF demands. Britannia, La Belle France and Germany created the system last week to allow firms to trade with Iran without falling foul of US sanctions. |
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