(Dubai Power Power) A U.S. official said on Friday that in order to deal with Iran's may not return to the nuclear negotiations, or to take a tougher position when returning to the negotiating table, the United States is considering cracking down on Iran's selling oil to Chinabusiness.
The official said that Washington told Beijing earlier this year that its main goal is to allow Iran to abide by the 2015 nuclear agreement; if the agreement can be restored in time, there is no need to punish violations of US sanctions and buy Iran.Chinese company with crude oil.
In view of when Iran is not sure when to restore indirect talks in Vienna, and whether Iran's waiting president Ebrahim Raisi is willing to undertake the results of the end of the talks on June 20, it is still required to re -negotiate. The United StatesThe position is changing.
The US officials who did not want to disclose their names said Iran's intention has always been "very vague."
Iran said that he would not resume negotiations before Laish took over the regime.
U.S. officials told Reuters this week that according to the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan (JCPOA, Iran's Nuclear Agreement), Iran in exchange for the United States to reduce economic sanctions by restricting nuclear projects.
"If we return to the joint action plan, there is no reason to sanction the import of Iranian oil. But if the possibility of recovering JCPOA immediately is disappearing, then we have to adjust the attitude."
The Wall Street Journal first reported that Washington is considering strengthening the sanctions on Iran, especially for China.According to the data of Lufute Petroleum Research Company, from November last year to March this year, China received an average of 557,000 barrels of Iranian crude oil per day.
According to the data of the data intelligence company KPLER, the amount of crude oil imported from Iran this year is 400 to 650,000 barrels per day, and the import volume in May has increased to nearly 1 million barrels per day.
