US-led oil sanctions continue to injure Iran's economy, which depends on oil export revenue, but Tehran said Tuesday it was prepared to "run the country without any oil revenues."?
"We have prepared a plan to run the country without any oil revenues," ?said Iranian oil minister Rostam Qasemi. "So far to date we haven't had any serious problems, but if the sanctions were to be renewed we would go for Plan B," he added.
Qasemi also told reporters Iran would stop exporting oil if tighter sanctions were enforced.
"If sanctions intensify we will stop exporting oil," he said to reporters in Dubai, according to Reuters.
The US and other nations implemented crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic in an effort to curb Iran's nuclear program, which Iran says is strictly energy related. The US and other countries suspect Iran of attempting to manufacture an atomic bomb.
The sanctions have decreased Iran's oil production, but it's impossible to know by how much.
After the US election, President Obama will have to decide if the US will grant waivers to countries that still consume Iranian oil.
Iran's oil minister also told reporters, "Right now, we not only don't import but we also export some products ... there are always customers for Iranian oil."
The deadline for new waivers is December.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/iran/121023/iran-oil-exports-may-stop-sanctions-tighten
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