However, the sanctions are not endorsed by the UN and it has been a traditional policy of India to enforce only UNSC-authorised sanctions. Pompeo said reimposing sanctions and discouraging international business with Iran is not something the US is doing "out of spite. "Doing business in Iran only pours money into a regime that hoards it for itself and misuses it for violent ends," he said. He also said that the Trump administration is discussing the reimposition of sanctions with countries on a case-by-case basis. But before imposing sanctions on other countries, Hook said that the US will ensure that it has a "well-supplied oil market".

Source: dna September 26, 2018 08:48 UTC