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Source: https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2019/04/291272.htm
U.S. Decision on Imports of Iranian Oil
(State Department) Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo - Secretary of State Pompeo said Monday: "Today we are announcing the United States will not issue any additional Significant Reduction Exceptions to existing importers of Iranian oil....We are dramatically accelerating our pressure campaign in a calibrated way that meets our national security objectives while maintaining well-supplied global oil markets." "We will continue to apply maximum pressure on the Iranian regime until its leaders change their destructive behavior, respect the rights of the Iranian people, and return to the negotiating table."