{"id":11378,"date":"2012-06-12T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/update-4-u-s-exempts-india-not-china-from-iran-sanctions\/"},"modified":"2012-06-12T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T09:11:00","slug":"update-4-u-s-exempts-india-not-china-from-iran-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-4-u-s-exempts-india-not-china-from-iran-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 4-U.S. exempts India, not China, from Iran sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* China, Singapore excluded from waivers<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Sanctions targeting Iran nuclear program may start June 28<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Iran has lost $10 bln in oil sales &#8211; U.S. senator<\/p>\n<p> (Adds comments from China embassy, Senator Menendez)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Timothy Gardner and Susan Cornwell<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States extended<br \/>\nexemptions from its tough, new sanctions on Iran&#8217;s oil trade to<br \/>\nseven more economies on Mo nday, leaving China the last remaining<br \/>\nmajor importer exposed to possible penalties at the end of the<br \/>\nmonth.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the latest sign Washington is working with other<br \/>\ncountries to pressure Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, India, South<br \/>\nKorea, Turkey and four more economies will receive waivers from<br \/>\nfinancial sanctions in return for significantly cutting<br \/>\npurchases of Iranian oil, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>China, which alone buys as much as a fifth of Iran&#8217;s crude<br \/>\nexports, and Singapore, where much of the country&#8217;s fuel oil is<br \/>\nblended, did not receive such waivers, ramping up pressure on<br \/>\ntwo important U.S. trade partners in Asia.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The sanctions, which the United States may impose starting<br \/>\no n J une 28, are Washington&#8217;s most ambitious measures yet to<br \/>\nstrangle Iran&#8217;s nuclear program by cutting funding from its oil<br \/>\nexport sales.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United States and the European Union believe Iran is<br \/>\ntrying to build nuclear weapons. Tehran says the program is<br \/>\nstrictly for civilian purposes.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* China, Singapore excluded from waivers * Sanctions targeting Iran nuclear program may start June 28 * Iran has lost $10 bln in oil sales &#8211; U.S. senator (Adds comments from China embassy, Senator Menendez) By Timothy Gardner and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States extended exemptions from its tough, new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-11378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}