- Title: U.S. imposing sanctions on Chinese entities over Iranian oil - Pompeo
- Date: 25th September 2019
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 25, 2019) (STATE TV) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, APPROACHING THE PODIUM WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, SAYING: "Today we are imposing sanctions on certain Chinese entities for knowingly transporting oil from Iran contrary to United States sanctions. Importantly, we are also imposing sanctions on the executive officers of those companies as well. And we're telling China - and all nations - know that we will sanction every violation of sanctionable activity." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE, MIKE POMPEO, SAYING: "As President Trump said yesterday, as long as Iran's menacing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. They will be tightened. That path forward begins now with two new actions. First, we're taking new action to disentangle the IRGC from the Iranian economy. The United States will intensify our efforts to educate countries and companies on the risk of doing business with IRGC entities and we will punish them if they persist in defiance of our warnings." POMPEO LEAVING STAGE
- Embargoed: 9th October 2019 14:48
- Keywords: sanctions Chinese entities oil Mike Pompeo pressure on Iran United Nations General Assembly iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
- Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001AY5PYKN
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- Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT INCLUDES WHITE FLASHES
The United States is imposing sanctions on certain Chinese entities for knowingly transferring oil from Iran, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday (September 25) in what he called fresh actions to intensify pressure on Iran.
Speaking at an event on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly, Pompeo also said Washington was going to ramp up efforts to educate countries on the risks of doing business with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to disentangle them from the Iranian economy.
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