The supreme leader of Iran has warned that US sanctions against his oil sales "will not remain unanswered"

The intensification of US sanctions against Iranian oilwill not remain unansweredIran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Wednesday.

The United States "should know that their hostile measure will not go unanswered. The Iranian nation will not stand idly by in the face of animosity", points out a message in English on the Twitter account of Jamenei, without specifying the form that could take such a measure of retaliation.

According to Ayatollah, oil exports will continue, despite the threat of the United States to sanction any country that trades with the Persians, without exception, as of May 2.

"These (American) attempts will go nowhere, we will export as much oil as needed"The Iranian leader said, according to a statement from his office, that" the Iranian nation will not surrender and kneel before its enemies, "he said.

In the same vein, Iranian Oil Minister Biyan Zangané said yesterday, "With all our might, we will work to break American sanctions."

For Iran, the revenues from the sale of crude are essential to its economy, which suffered a severe crisis during a year marked by inflation and the devaluation of the national currency.

Iranian oil exports fell below one million barrels a day before the sanctions came into effect last November, compared with 2.5 million barrels in previous months, but this figure does not go down. is improved through exemptions that now reach their level. end

"This measure will affect a lot because of the (lack of) offer"said the minister, who doubted that US allies such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates could offset the Iranian crude, as suggested by Washington.

The market response has not been long in coming. OPEC crude sold Tuesday at $ 73.37 a barrel, down 1.28% ($ 0.93) from the previous day, reaching a new high in 2019.

The sharp rise in "petroprecios" over the last two sessions – 3.6% in the case of OPEC's barrel – is attributed to Washington's decision on Iran, according to badysts can eliminate about a million barrels a day from the international market.

(With information from EFE and AFP)