- US President Donald Trump earlier this month abandoned a nuclear deal with Iran and announced the 鈥渉ighest level鈥� of sanctions against the OPEC member.
- Iran is the third-largest oil producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries after 黑料社区 and Iraq.
DUBAI: Iran鈥檚 oil minister has asked OPEC to support his country against what he called 鈥渋llegal, unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions鈥� referring to the United States sanctions on the OPEC member after the US pulled out of a nuclear deal with Tehran.
US President Donald Trump earlier this month abandoned a nuclear deal with Iran and announced the 鈥渉ighest level鈥� of sanctions against the OPEC member. Iran is the third-largest oil producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries after 黑料社区 and Iraq.
鈥淚 would like to... seek OPEC鈥檚 support in accordance with Article 2 of the OPEC Statute, which emphasises safeguarding the interests of member countries individually and collectively,鈥� Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said in a letter seen by Reuters.
The letter was addressed to the United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei, who holds OPEC presidency in 2018.