referring to A spokesman for Dutch intelligence confirmed two Iranian civilians were expelled from Holland in a statement. But when pressed for more details, refused. He said: "We can confirm that the Netherlands has expelled two persons accredited to the Iranian embassy. "We will not provide any further information."The news follows a threat by Iran to cut off oil reserves to the rest of the world in the wake of conflict with the US. Donald Trump recently warned of punishments for companies that purchase oil from Iran, which triggered a retaliation from President Hassan Rouhani who threatened to halt exports of oil to neighbouring countries.
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Iran tells Trump: Stop tweeting, it's driving up oil prices
Photo: NurPhoto/NurPhoto Via Getty Images Photo: Twitter Photo: Twitter Photo: Twitter Photo: Twitter Photo: TwitterThe war of words over oil prices continues between U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran, and the latest salvo from Iran is for Trump to stop tweeting. "Your tweets have driven the prices up by at least $10 per barrel," Iran's OPEC governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili said in a message to Trump, carried by Iranian Oil Ministry's Shana news service. RELATED: US to keep Persian Gulf waterway open despite Iran threats"You are hammering on good guys in OPEC," Kazempour said. GOING UP: Houston energy companies hire as oil prices rise"OPEC has not defined oil prices for the past 30 years," Kazempour said. "You impose sanctions on major producers, founders of OPEC, and yet you are asking them to reduce the prices?!Import of oil from Iran from November 4 will be sanctionable activity: Mike Pompeo
as declared in Import of oil from Iran from November 4 will be sanctionable activity: Mike PompeoSecretary of State Mike Pompeo said today the import of oil from Iran beginning November 4 will be a sanctionable activity but the US would consider request for relief from a handful of countries, in an apparent reference to India which is the second largest buyer of Iranian crude. "Come November 4, there will be a US sanction that prevents crude oil from passing from Iran to other countries. It will be sanctionable activity. We will enforce those sanctions," Pompeo told Sky News Arabia. Iran supplied 18.4 million tonnes of crude oil between April 2017 and January 2018 (first 10 months of fiscal 2017-18).collected by :Frank Ithan
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