Iran's oil trade hit with new round of US sanctions

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Last month, the administration designated entities based in Iran, Vietnam, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong that it said helped facilitated the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian oil and petrochemical products to East Asia.
52% : Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani said Monday that Iran responded to Borrell's proposal and that a new round of negotiations was likely.
41% :"Until Iran is ready to return to full implementation of the JCPOA, we will continue to use our sanctions authorities to target exports of petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemical products from Iran," he said.
40% : An Iranian cleric walks past an anti-US mural on a wall of the former United States embassy in the capital Tehran, on March 12, 2022.
37% : The Biden administration issued a new round of sanctions Monday targeting the sale of Iranian oil and petrochemical products to East Asia, dialing up the pressure on Iran to resume compliance with the tattered nuclear agreement.
35% : A restored JCPOA would ease sanctions on Iran, including those imposed on its oil sector, in exchange for curbs on the Iranian nuclear program.

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