- Saturday, May 21, 2022
By: Radhakrishna N S
The United States snapped sanctions back in place on Monday (5) to choke off Iran’s crude oil and shipping industry, while temporarily allowing top customers such as China and India to keep buying crude from the Islamic Republic. Having abandoned the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, US president Donald Trump is trying to cripple Iran’s crude oil-dependent economy and force Tehran to quash not only its nuclear ambitions and its ballistic missile program but its support for militant proxies in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and other parts of the Middle East. Washington has pledged to completely stop purchases of crude oil from…
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