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Tuesday’s Iran Mini Report – September 25, 2018

Tuesday's Iran Mini Report - September 25, 2018

• Vitol to stop business with Iran when U.S. sanctions kick-off – executive

Vitol will stop doing business with Iran after the United States reimposes sanctions on Tehran’s oil trade from Nov. 4, a senior executive with the global commodity merchant said on Tuesday.

“Business with Iran or anything to do with Iran has to come to an end,” said Mike Muller, who handles business development for Vitol, on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC) in Singapore.

“We have a long-standing relationship with Iran and clearly I look forward to when trade can be resumed, but for now, one needs explicit waivers from the U.S., and not just the U.S. but the global banking community and everything else,” he said.

• Bolton: US troops staying in Syria until Iran leaves

The U.S. will keep a military presence in Syria until Iran withdraws its forces, a top Trump administration official said Monday.

“We’re not going to leave as long as Iranian troops are outside Iranian borders, and that includes Iranian proxies and militias,” White House national security adviser John Bolton said while in New York for the U.N. General Assembly.

• Pompeo: US seeking ‘Iraqi national government’ to counter Iran’s influence

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo underscored that Washington is working to ensure the voice of the Iraqi electorate is reflected in the next government in Baghdad outside of Iranian influence and is a “national government.”

“This administration took over at a time when Qassem Soleimani and the Ayatollah were running rampant through five capitals in the Middle East,” said Pompeo on Monday, labelling Iran the “largest state sponsor of terror.”

US diplomats including Special Presidential Envoy Brett McGurk — a rare holdover from President Barack Obama’s administration — have actively been meeting with political forces in Iraq.

The US has blamed Iranian proxies in Iraq for targetting diplomatic missions in Basra and the capital.

“We will not continue to accept Iran’s bad behavior in Iraq,” said Pompeo.

• Mattis Dismisses Iran Revenge Threat, Says U.S. Not In Attack

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Monday dismissed Iran’s threats of revenge against those behind Saturday’s deadly attack on a military parade in southwestern Iran and said it was “ludicrous” for Tehran to allege U.S. involvement.

Asked whether Iran’s threat gave him any concern, Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon: “No, it does not. We’ve been very clear that they shouldn’t take us on like that. And I am hopeful that cooler, wiser heads will prevail.”

• Coalition announces opening of humanitarian corridors in Yemen

Arab Coalition spokesperson, Turki al-Maliki, has announced the opening of humanitarian corridors between the Yemeni capital Sanaa and the port of Hodeidah to secure humanitarian passage via al-Mahwit, Hajjah, and Bajil.

Al-Maliki said that the Yemenis are still suffering from the coup staged by Houthi militia, which took place on the 21st of September 2014.

He also highlights that there are regimes in the region that sponsor terrorist groups by providing them with weapons, missiles, drones, and speedboats