The National - The US will press on with its campaign of "maximum pressure" on Iranian oil exports with the aim to squeeze the country's revenues, a senior American government official said. Since walking away from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action last year, the US has looked to reduce Irans oil exports to zero. The administration imposed ...

Reuters - The Trump administration is comfortable that there is enough oil in the global market months into its program of unilaterally re-imposing sanctions on OPEC-member Iran, the State Departments energy envoy said on Friday. U.S. law requires that the Energy Information Administration, the statistics arm of the Energy Department, studies whether ...

Press TV - Asian refiners are stepping up their imports of Iranian oil as they face US sanctions waivers expiring in May. A US State Department official stressed on Monday that Washington continues to pursue a zero-tolerance policy against Tehran and is urging importers to eliminate all oil purchases from Iran. "The US policy is to drive Iranian ...

Hellenic Shipping News - The US continues to pursue a zero-tolerance policy for its Iran oil sanctions and is urging importers to eliminate all purchases from the Middle East country, Francis Fannon, assistant secretary at the US State Departments Bureau of Energy Resources, said Monday during a visit to Japan. The US policy is to drive Iranian ...

Bloomberg - The U.S. has been unable to persuade China to cut Iranian oil imports, according to two officials familiar with the negotiations, dealing a blow to President Donald Trumps efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic after his withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord. Beijing has, however, agreed not to ramp up purchases of Iranian crude, ...