"The United States should know that we are selling our oil and will continue to
sell, (but) the United States should know that if it wishes to halt Iran’s oil
export then no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf,” Rouhani told
thousands of well-wishers in the city of Shahroud, Semnan Province.
One-fifth of the world’s oil passes in tankers through the Strategic Strait of
Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
The first time, on July 5, 2018, Rouhani, during a visit to Europe, warned that
Iran would block the Persian Gulf passageway in retaliation in his country would
not be able to export oil.
"The Americans have claimed they want to completely stop Iran’s oil exports.
They don’t understand the meaning of this statement because it has no meaning
for Iranian oil not to be exported while the region’s oil is exported,” Rouhani
said in Switzerland.
Later, Islamic Revolution Guard Corps chief Mohammad Ali Jafari, whose forces
patrol the Strait of Hormuz said his forces were ready to put Rouhani’s words
into action if necessary. "We will make the enemy understand that either
everyone can use the Strait of Hormuz or no one.” Jafari asserted.
Iran won’t bow to U.S.
In continuation of his remarks on Tuesday in Shahroud, Rouhani said, "The great
Iranian nation has not bowed and will not bow to the United States. The United
States announced that they would deprive Iran of oil exportation and prevent
Iran of economic interaction with the world. They announced that they would
isolate Iran in the world and would reach their objectives in the region,
however, the Iranian nation will announce final victory in all these battles.”
The president noted that the U.S. should know that Iran will keep relations with
other countries and Washington cannot cut Iran’s economic ties with the outside
world.
President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled the U.S. out of the historic 2015
nuclear agreement in May and reintroduced sanctions on Iran. The first batch of
sanctions were enacted in August. The second wave of sanctions, which targets
Iran’s oil exports and central bank, snapped back on November 4.
Initially, the U.S. vowed to cut Iran’s oil sale to zero, but later agreed to
let eight countries, including Japan, India and South Korea, keep buying Iran’s
oil after it reimpose sanctions.
Source:TehranTimes