Trump failed to reduce Iran oil exports to zero: President Rouhani

President Hassan Rouhani said despite the economic war launched by the administration of US President Donald Trump against Tehran, Washington has failed in its efforts to shrink the Islamic Republic’s oil exports to zero.

According to the reports, addressing an official meeting on Sunday, the president noted that the economic war has caused many problems for the Iranian oil and petrochemical exports, but “Trump’s wish for shrinking Iran’s oil exports to zero never came true.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rouhani emphasized the necessity of working to up the Iranian oil output, saying, “Due to sanctions imposed on Iran before the conclusion of the JCPOA, the production and sale of oil became limited.”

“However, following the implementation of the JCPOA and lifting of sanctions, we managed in a short period of time to increase oil sales to more than two million barrels per day ... and today we are ready to further increase that capacity,” Iran’s president said.

Ministry of Petroleum, he added, will take all necessary measures to prepare the oil industry equipment and facilities to boost Iran’s oil export and sales within the next three months.

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