Iran minister blasts Trump over oil and gas contracts

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s oil minister lashed out at the United States yesterday, saying that hostile comments by President Donald Trump had torpedoed new oil and gas contracts for the Islamic republic.

“Trump is trying to destabilise market conditions for those who want to work in Iran,” Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told a press conference.

“For the past year, every three or four months, he has destabilised the market. One cannot say that this is not without effect,” he said.

The agreement in July 2015 of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers sparked keen interest among international investors keen to focus on the country’s petroleum riches.

But Trump’s arrival in the White House a year ago, and his regular denunciations of the deal with Iran and the country in general, cooled their ardour.

 

Iran minister blasts Trump over oil and gas contracts

AFP, TEHRAN: Irans oil minister lashed out at the United States yesterday, saying that hostile comments by President Donald Trump had torpedoed new oil and gas contracts for the Islamic republic. Trump is trying to destabilise market conditions for those who want to work in Iran, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told a press conference. For the past year, every three or four months, he has destabilised the market. One cannot say that this is not without effect, he said. The agreement in July 2015 of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers sparked keen interest among international investors keen to focus on the countrys petroleum riches. But Trumps arrival in the White House a year ago, and his regular denunciations of the deal with Iran and the country in general, cooled their ardour.