India has stopped importing oil from Iran after American waivers granted to eight buyers expired early this month, New Delhi’s envoy here has said, becoming the latest country to comply with the US sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear programme.
Indian Ambassador to the US, Harsh Vardhan Shringla said India has also ended oil import from Venezuela despite feeling the pinch.
The US in January imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s most important global business — producing and selling crude oil — as the Trump administration ratcheted up its bid to force socialist president Nicolas Maduro out of power.
