Tehran. Archival photoMOSCOW, Oct. 6The West, having imposed sanctions against Tehran and Moscow, suffered from this and faced an energy crisis, Iranian Deputy Oil Minister Ahmad Asadzade told RIA Novosti. «Now the world needs gas and oil. It would be good to treat this topic carefully, take a transparent position. Sanctions against Iran and Russia do not benefit the West, which will suffer from this. Today there is a gas crisis in Europe, there are problems — the same applies to oil,» he said. he. The West stepped up sanctions pressure on Russia over Ukraine, which led to an increase in prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the United States. In May 2018, the United States withdrew from the agreement with Iran on the nuclear program reached by the «six» of international mediators (Russia, USA, Britain, China, France, Germany) in 2015, restoring all sanctions against Iran, including secondary ones, that is, against other countries doing business with Iran, which also affects exports Iranian oil.
Iranian Oil Ministry: West will not shift responsibility for the crisis to Russia
