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Iran's president Rouhani warns over US push against buying Iran oil

<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that regional oil supply could be jeopardized if the United States continues to persuade its allies against buying Tehran's oil.</span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Rouhani speaking to Iranian expatriates in Switzerland during his visit there yesterday said that USA has threatened not to allow Iran to continue exporting its oil. </div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Rouhani, however didn't elaborate on what Iran intends to do,  but when pressurised in the past, Iran had threatened to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz through which one-third of the world's oil supply passes.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Iran is OPEC's second-largest crude exporter with more than 2 million barrels a day.</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">After the US pulled out of the nuclear deal with Iran, Washington has been pushing allies to cut oil imports from Iran.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>

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