Iranian Ambassador to India Iraj Elahi said on Friday that Tehran is ready to supply oil to India despite the US sanctions.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Elahi said, “We always express our readiness to increase our economic ties with India. It is up to India, we are ready to deliver oil.”
“Sanctions are an obstacle. India and Iran should find a way to solve this problem according to their national interests and not according to illegal US sanctions. We want to sell oil to India and buy what we need from India.”
Iran reached a landmark nuclear deal with six world powers – namely the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China – in 2015 which led to the removal of all the sanctions on the country.
The US administration under President Donald Trump, however, unilaterally withdrew from the multinational accord in 2018. The country re-imposed sanctions on the Iranian economy including its oil industry. It also threatened other countries that they would be punished by Washington if they refuse to follow these unilateral penalties.
Four years after the re-imposition of sanctions, Iran says has found different ways to circumvent them with new customers for its oil.