Oil prices fell 1% as investors awaited a US announcement on tougher sanctions against Iran. Brent crude and WTI both dropped on Monday trading.
Iran has survived sanctions before. This time, Washington wants to close the escape routes
Tehran has spent decades building a parallel system of brokers, shadow oil networks, barter and alternative currencies. The new US strategy is aimed at making those workarounds increasingly expensive.
Iran dismisses new US sanctions threat as ‘desperate’ effort
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