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Problems in Iran's oil industry continue to aggravate

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The country has faced problems with the basic capital, technologies for oil and gas export and the realization of these products recently as a result of the international sanctions because of Iran's nuclear program and the pressure exerted by the U.S. on the world's major oil companies. In an interview with İSNA agency , Iran's Oil Export Union head Hamid Husseini confirmed that India, Japan and China have reduced oil import from Iran. He said that the Islamic republic must expand cooperation with small markets, countries and companies, because they are not under the U.S influence. Today, Iran sells 2.3 million barrels of oil daily, 85 percent of it falls to developed countries. The list of countries that receive more than 100,000 barrels of oil from Iran daily includes India (250,000 barrels), China (200,000 barrels), Japan (480,000 barrels), Italy (160,000 barrels), Spain (210,000 barrels) and France (100,000 barrels). They have political and economic relations with t