Visiting Iraqi Oil Minister Thamer al-Ghadhban expressed optimism for furthering cooperation between Iran and Iraq for the benefit of the two countries’ nations.

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh described the current state of Iran’s export of petrochemicals and petroleum products as satisfactory.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the country was ready to supply the oil and gas needed by neighboring Pakistan.

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said the US had made a big mistake by politicizing oil, saying, “We will exert our maximum effort to break US sanctions.”