TERAN(Basirat): The US administration has reportedly agreed to allow eight countries – including Japan, India and South Korea – to keep buying crude oil from Iran after it re-imposes sanction s on the OPEC producer on Nov. 5, a senior administration official said.

TEHRAN(Basirat): The next round of economic sanction s on Iran, which will start going into effect on Nov. 4, will mainly target the country’s oil and gas industries. These sanction s were eased after the 2015 signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, but are being phased back in following President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the accord six months ago.