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Reliance sold gasoline to Iran in 2009, India says
Reliance Industries Ltd., operator of the worlds largest refining complex, sold gasoline to Iran in April and May of last year, Indias government said.
Reliance was the only Indian company to sell the fuel to the Middle Eastern nation, Jitin Prasada, junior oil minister, said in a written reply to the upper house of parliament in New Delhi on March 9.
The Mumbai-based refiner stopped selling fuels to Iran in May last year, Reliance said Feb. 9. National Iranian Oil Co. buys gasoline from Reliance, Seifollah Jashnsaz, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company, said in December.
The U.S. Senate in January passed legislation to impose sanctions on companies investing in Irans energy sector or selling fuels to the country, holder of the worlds second-largest crude oil reserves. The sanctions were aimed at blocking Irans nuclear programs.
The U.S. hasnt raised the matter of Reliance selling fuels to Iran, Prasada said. India has told the U.S. that sanctions on Iran were counter-productive, the minister said.
Iran imports fuels from Reliance, the Press Trust of India reported Feb. 9, citing Mehdi Nabizadeh, Irans ambassador to India.
tehran times : Reliance sold gasoline to Iran in 2009, India says
Reliance Industries Ltd., operator of the worlds largest refining complex, sold gasoline to Iran in April and May of last year, Indias government said.
Reliance was the only Indian company to sell the fuel to the Middle Eastern nation, Jitin Prasada, junior oil minister, said in a written reply to the upper house of parliament in New Delhi on March 9.
The Mumbai-based refiner stopped selling fuels to Iran in May last year, Reliance said Feb. 9. National Iranian Oil Co. buys gasoline from Reliance, Seifollah Jashnsaz, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Company, said in December.
The U.S. Senate in January passed legislation to impose sanctions on companies investing in Irans energy sector or selling fuels to the country, holder of the worlds second-largest crude oil reserves. The sanctions were aimed at blocking Irans nuclear programs.
The U.S. hasnt raised the matter of Reliance selling fuels to Iran, Prasada said. India has told the U.S. that sanctions on Iran were counter-productive, the minister said.
Iran imports fuels from Reliance, the Press Trust of India reported Feb. 9, citing Mehdi Nabizadeh, Irans ambassador to India.
tehran times : Reliance sold gasoline to Iran in 2009, India says
