Iranian non-oil exports, oil sales must counter US sanctions: Hassan Rouhani

“We should increase production and raise our (non-oil) exports and resist America’s plots against the sale of our oil,” Rouhani said.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on May 4 Iran should boost non-oil exports and continue oil sales to counter US sanctions, saying Washington was targeting Tehran’s hard currency reserves, state television reported.

“America is trying to decrease our foreign reserves … So we have to increase our hard currency income and cut our currency expenditures,” Rouhani said in remarks carried live on Iranian TV.

“We should increase production and raise our (non-oil) exports and resist America’s plots against the sale of our oil,” Rouhani said.