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South Korea to be exempt from Washington's oil sanctions on Iran

"美, 이란 '원유 제재' 재개…한국 포함 8개국 예외 인정" Washington's sanctions on Tehran's oil, finance and energy sectors will take effect on Monday after a 180-day grace period ends. But America's top diplomat announced a few days ago... that there will be eight "jurisdictions" exempt from the measure. South Korea seems to have made the cut. For details let's turn to our Lee Ji-won South Korea has received a sanctions waiver from the U.S. on imports of Iranian oil. That's according to Reuters News Agency, who reported Monday, citing an unidentified source, the list of "jurisdictions" that have been granted such waiver. China, India, Turkey, Italy, the United Arab Emirates, Japan and Taiwan are the other seven that will be exempt. Bloomberg also quoted a senior administration official to confirm the news. This comes as the Trump administration's second set of sanctions on Tehran begins on November 5th, after the 180-day grace period. Washington withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran in May, saying that the deal had not stopped Iran from developing its ballistic missile programme and intervening in neighbouring countries. The first set of sanctions on Iran's automotive sector and on its trade in gold and precious metals was reimposed in August. The latest punitive measures take aim at Tehran's financial, energy, and transportation sectors; specifically targeting the country's oil industry. Iran makes up more than 40-percent of condensate, or ultralight oil, exported worldwide, and the U.S. aims to cut Iran's oil exports to zero. And with over half of South Korea's condensate coming from Iran,... there were grave concerns of collateral damage for Seoul's petrochemical industry. The official list of the exempted countries is to be confirmed at 8-thirty Monday morning local time. Lee Ji-won, Arirang News. Arirang News Facebook:   / arirangtvnews   ------------------------------------------------------------ [Subscribe Arirang Official YouTube] ARIRANG TV:    / arirang   ARIRANG RADIO:    / music180arirang   ARIRANG NEWS:    / arirangnews   ARIRANG K-POP:    / arirangworld   ARIRANG ISSUE:    / arirangtoday   ARIRANG CULTURE:    / arirangkorean   ARIRANG FOOD & TRAVEL :    / arirangfoodtravel   ------------------------------------------------------------ [Visit Arirang TV Official Pages] Facebook:   / arirangtv   Twitter:   / arirangworld   Instagram:   / arirangworld   Homepage: http://www.arirang.com ------------------------------------------------------------ [Arirang K-Pop] YouTube:    / arirangworld   Facebook:   / arirangkpop   Google+: http://plus.google.com/+arirangworld