Rouhani: Iran doesn't want tension in region, but won't give up rights to export oil

Rouhani: Iran doesn't want tension in region, but won't give up rights to export oil

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the republic doesn't want any tension in the region, but it won't give up on its rights to export oil, according to his official website.

"After the U.S. illegal withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the ball is in Europe’s court now," the president said at a meeting with British Ambassador to Tehran Rob Macaire.

"The Islamic Republic has never sought tension in the region and does not want any trouble in global waterways, but it will not easily give up on its rights to export oil," Reuters cited Rouhani as saying.

Rouhani and some senior military commanders have threatened to disrupt oil shipments from Gulf countries through the Strait of Hormuz if Washington tries to strangle Tehran’s oil exports.

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