Iranian vice president Eshaq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions would hurt the economy but also promised to “sell as much oil as we can” and protect Iran’s banking system, Reuters reported.
Jahangiri accused Washington of trying to stop Iran’s petrochemical, steel and copper exports, and to disrupt its ports and shipping services, saying, “America seeks to reduce Iran’s oil sales, our vital source of income, to zero.”