Tehran says it has potential oil buyers

All countries to which the US has granted temporary exemptions to continue buying Iranian oil prefer to strictly adhere to US sanctions but Tehran has identified other potential customers, said Saturday a senior Iranian official.

After denouncing the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015, Washington reinstated sanctions against the oil sector of the Islamic Republic at the end of last year while allowing eight countries to continue buying crude for six months.

"China, India, Japan, South Korea and other countries that have obtained exemptions from America to import Iranian oil do not want to buy even a barrel to Iran" Amir Hossein Zamaninia, deputy minister of oil responsible for international and commercial affairs, was quoted by the ministry's news agency Shana as saying.

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