US Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo
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The US government has announced to establish a new Action Group to enhance Iran’s pressure on Iran and to deal with trade relations with Tehran. According to Al-Arabi, the US Foreign Minister Mike Pompeo has announced a new and high level team to enhance economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran, which is named Iran Action Group. Iran Action Group will work on Washington’s maximum pressure strategy to change Tehran’s behavior and sanctions on other countries that trade with it. The group’s leadership will be Brian Hook, a special representative of the State Department for Iran. Mike Pompeo had to say about that for nearly 40 years, Tehran’s government is responsible for conducting and non-stabilizing violence against our allies, our partners and the Iranian people.
Mike Pompeo said we hope that one day we will make a new agreement with Iran very soon, but we want to see internal and external changes in the Iranian government’s behavior. There is a long list of changes in the US that wants to see in Iran, to close the support of the Syrian government and Hezbollah, the closure of nuclear program, including release of prisoners, preventing terrorist support and to stop proliferation and intervention against the American allies in the Middle East.
Brian Hook says the team is committed to a strong global effort to change Iranian behavior. He further added that we want close coordination with our allies and partners globally. Brian Hook also said that the United States, Iran has been striving to bring together other countries to increase economic pressure. This economic pressure involves crackdown, financial sector and shipping industry of Iran oil trade. Our goal is to reduce the import of Iranian oil in every country on zero by November 4. It was believed that the US President Donald Trump last week warned the countries working with Iran.
India plans to reduce Iran’s oil tariff by 50%
India, the second largest buyer of oil crude oil, is considering expanding its imports from Iran so that the United States could have an exception from Iran regarding transactions. The Bloomberg news agency quoted the sources those US officials last month in New Delhi’s talks Washington discussed the issue of discounted discount. The office mentioned above was on the request to not reveal his identity that the conversation was a secret nature. In which India had clarified that he does not have the power to completely cancel his imports from Iran. Tehran oil products are getting good rates. The Trump Administration wants to expedite all Iran’s oil exports to sanctions however; the objections of the countries like India and China are expected to reach Washington’s agreement with these countries. Under this, the sanctions on Iran’s nuclear energy sector in November will reduce Iran’s imports by 50%.
Japan and South Korea have already announced that they will stop purchasing Iranian oil as well as the second phase of sanctions in November. However, the United States is facing difficulties in resolving European countries. It seems that America will push these countries separately to reduce a major part of Iranian oil imports. This will prove to be an extension of Iran’s expanding economy. After the announcement of the separation of the Iranian nuclear deal by Donald Trump in May this year also India continues to import oil from Iran. According to different estimates, India imported 2.26 million tonnes of oil from Iran during 12 months, while the volume was 2.72 million tonnes last year.
