Speaking
to NIPNA, Ahmad Pourfallah said, “Removing Iran from the global market is never
feasible because it is very costly as the quantity of supply and demand for
petrochemical products is clear, and it is impossible to remove Iranian
petrochemical products from the global market.”
Referring
to Italy as one of the buyers of oil and petrochemicals from Iran, he added:
"We have seen that Italy is among the eight countries exempted from US
sanctions against Iran's oil and petrochemical industry, so it's actually seen
that the United States has failed to boycott Iran's oil and petrochemicals.”
Pourfallah,
emphasizing that the world markets will continue to buy petrochemical products
from Iran according to the needs of their industries, said: "The sanction
reprieves for eight countries to continue buying oil from Iran is a kind of moderation
in the US position, as they know that they cannot stop Iran’s export of petroleum
products.”
The official
said Iran had a unique capacity in the development of downstream industries,
adding, “We do not say that the sanctions would not create any problems in the
country's oil or petrochemical industries, but the important thing is that the Americans
are isolated in the world.”