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The United States said Monday that it will no longer exempt any countries from its sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil, stepping up pressure on the Iranian regime in a move that primarily affects the five remaining major importers: China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Turkey.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump made the decision as part of the administration\u2019s \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign on Iran’s regime that aims to eliminate all of its revenue from oil exports that the U.S. says funds destabilizing activity throughout the Middle East and beyond.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis decision is intended to bring Iran\u2019s oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue,\u201d the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Announcing the step, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said no more sanctions waivers would be granted when the current batch expire on May 2, choking off the Iranian regime’s income that had been more than $50 billion a year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal remains simply: To deprive the outlaw regime of the funds that it has used to destabilize the Middle East for decades and incentivize Iran to behave like a normal country,\u201d Pompeo told reporters at the State Department.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will no longer grant any exemptions,\u201d Pompeo said. \u201cWe are going to zero, we\u2019re going to zero across the board.\u201d<\/p>\n
Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, on Monday responded to the U.S. decision, pointing out in a series of tweets that the Iranian people and Resistance have been calling for imposition of an oil and arms embargo on the mullahs\u2019 anti-human, anti-Iranian regime for the past four decades.<\/p>\n
\nThe Iranian people and Resistance have been demanding the imposition of an oil and arms embargo on the mullahs\u2019 anti-human, anti-Iranian regime since 4 decades ago.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) abuses and of political prisoners to UN Security Council<\/p>\n