US ‘highly gratified by cooperation from great friend India’, slaps sanctions on Iran
Following the withdrawal of the US waiver, India has stopped contracting oil shipments from Iran.
Following the withdrawal of the US waiver, India has stopped contracting oil shipments from Iran.
The remarks by Iran's Ambassador to India come a week after US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo hailed India for cutting off oil imports from Iran.
At the press briefing, Modi and Trump agreed that they would meet at an early date to try and sort out issues pertaining to trade between the two countries.
Mike Pompeo will travel to India, Sri Lanka, Japan and South Korea from June 24 to 30 and the visit is aimed at deepening US partnerships in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.
The meeting gains significance as the Trump administration recently told India, China, Turkey and a few other oil customers of Iran that no waiver on sanctions would be granted to them after 1 May.
The US had told India and other countries to cut oil imports from the Gulf nation to 'zero' by November 4 or face sanctions.
The US on Monday imposed "the toughest ever" sanctions on a defiant Iran aimed at altering the Iranian regime's 'behaviour'.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denounced the measures on Saturday, saying Trump had 'disgraced' US prestige and would be the ultimate loser in the long-running quarrel between the countries.
The Trump administration has granted exemptions to eight countries to continue importing Iranian oil, without naming them, which reportedly includes India.
The US had earlier told India and other countries to cut oil imports from the Gulf nation to 'zero' by November 4 or face sanctions.
