TEHRAN —
Iran said Monday it hopes to see US sanctions
eased or lifted to allow it to sell natural gas to
Europe, easing the
continent’s shortfall as Russian energy exports are restricted.
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“Given Europe’s energy supply problems triggered by
the Ukraine crisis, Iran could provide Europe’s energy needs if sanctions
against it are lifted,” said foreign ministry’s spokesman Nasser Kanani.
Iran is engaged
in talks with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear deal which the US
unilaterally abandoned in 2018, with Tehran pushing for the lifting of US
economic sanctions.
“We hope an agreement will be reached to let Iran
play a more efficient role, with the aim of providing the energy needed for
countries around the world and for European countries,” Kanani told a weekly
news conference.
Iran has the world’s second largest natural gas
reserves, after Russia, but lacks the infrastructure to increase exports, which
are currently limited to Iraq and Turkey.
Iran and the six
other parties to the 2015 nuclear accord — Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia,
and the
US — have been negotiating a return to the agreement.
It gave Iran sanctions relief in exchange for curbs
on its nuclear program to guarantee that Tehran cannot develop a nuclear weapon
— something it has always denied seeking.
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