{"id":9160,"date":"2012-03-21T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/03\/update-8-u-s-exempts-11-states-from-iran-sanctions-china-india-exposed\/"},"modified":"2012-03-21T15:23:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-21T13:23:02","slug":"update-8-u-s-exempts-11-states-from-iran-sanctions-china-india-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-8-u-s-exempts-11-states-from-iran-sanctions-china-india-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 8-U.S. exempts 11 states from Iran sanctions; China, India exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* U.S. exempts Japan after Iran import cuts of 15-22 pct<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Also exempts 10 EU states who imported Iran crude<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* U.S. list does not include buyers China, India, Korea<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Japan a model for others, U.S. official says<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Twelve countries could face sanctions, official says<\/p>\n<p> (Adds story link, background on South Africa)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Arshad Mohammed and Andrew Quinn<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) &#8211; The United States has<br \/>\nexempted Japan and 10 EU nations from financial sanctions<br \/>\nbecause they have significantly cut purchases of Iranian oil,<br \/>\nbut Iran&#8217;s top customers China and India remain at risk of such<br \/>\nsteps.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The decision means banks in the 11 countries have been given<br \/>\na six-month reprieve from the threat of being cut off from the<br \/>\nU.S. financial system under new sanctions designed to pressure<br \/>\nIran over a nuclear program the West suspects is intended to<br \/>\nproduce weapons.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The list did not include China and India, Iran&#8217;s top two<br \/>\ncrude oil importers, nor U.S. allies South Korea and Turkey,<br \/>\nwhich are among the top 10 consumers of Iranian oil.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* U.S. exempts Japan after Iran import cuts of 15-22 pct * Also exempts 10 EU states who imported Iran crude * U.S. list does not include buyers China, India, Korea * Japan a model for others, U.S. official says * Twelve countries could face sanctions, official says (Adds story link, background on South Africa) [&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-9160","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\/9160","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=9160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}