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[아시아경제 국제부 기자]The US government announced on Wednesday (February 2) that it would grant eight countries an exception to the ban on importing Iranian oil from the United States.

During a conference call with Treasury Secretary Stephen Mansushin, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that she would "reinstate the sanctions for the oil trade against Iran to five days, "according to foreign media reports, including Bloomberg News and the Financial Times. "We will temporarily grant exemptions to eight countries to continue importing Iranian oil," he said.

The details of the deal, including the names of the eight nations, will be announced on the 5th, when the second round of sanctions will be implemented. "Our goal is simple: we want to deprive the Iranian regime of the spread of death and destruction in the world," said Pompei. Our ultimate goal is to make Iran permanent, I want to give up actions and behaviors and act as a normal nation. "

He added that the two countries would stop importing under the deal (Iranian oil imports), while the other six countries would import to a significantly reduced level. He said: "We have made it clear that immunity is temporary. "

"The two countries will import at zero or so, and the exemption of these countries will provide the flexibility and the time to end the dependence on Iranian oil imports," Bloomberg said. The minister said.

According to a US official quoted by the Financial Times (FT), the exemptions are limited and expire after 180 days, but they can be renewed. "We will evaluate the progress made to zero oil imports every 180 days by checking whether the oil market is stable," said Brian Hook, the department 's policy planning commissioner. US state, in an interview with the FT. We can freely reduce imports of crude oil, "he said." We are trying to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero as soon as possible, "Hook said.

"Our goal is to keep Brent prices at the same level as last May, when we withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal," said Pompeii. "This is not only beneficial to US consumers and the global economy, I can not increase it." Meanwhile, "Today, starting from now, we will not be able to see it. today, Iran will have no oil revenue, "said a step-by-step zeroing policy. The Empire's crude oil payments will be transferred to the offshore account to ensure that Iran can only use it for transactions on non-humanitarian and non-sanctioned products and services.

"The United States is trying to stop the flow of funds from around the world with money from the Iranian regime," Munhusin said. All international financial institutions, including SWIFT, And this must be cut.

The two ministers stressed that "the sanctions will be maintained until the United States meets their demands, especially with regard to the end of terrorism, its military intervention in Syria and its cease-fire on the development of nuclear and missiles ". "The" maximum pressure "literally means" maximum pressure, "said Pompeii.

A senior administration official said Japan, India and China were among the exceptions, but China is still discussing concrete terms with the United States. Bloomberg.

It should be noted that Pompeii will include South Korea, thus revealing the foreign recognition position of the eight countries. Korea has always maintained its position that imports of Iranian condensate (ultra-light oil), which is essential for the petrochemical industry, should be maintained and that the Iran-Korea regulatory system should be maintained even if steps are being taken to restore Iran's sanctions on crude oil. In particular, it is difficult to completely prevent the import of Iranian crude oil to maintain this payment system, as companies receive payment for Iranian export via the KRW settlement account linked to Iranian oil imports. Yes I asked for foreign recognition.

Moreover, the Trump administration reinstated sanctions against the EU's Phase 1 on August 7, followed by a second round of sanctions on Nov. 5 aimed at restricting the oil trade and the Iranian petrochemicals. The first phase consisted of sanctions against companies and individuals from third countries who applied sanctions imposed by Iran. The second step, more intense, involved the trade of Iranian petroleum products, port operations, energy, ships and shipbuilding contracts. This is a measure to sanction transactions with banks.

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