Khaberni - Iran announced today, Monday, the export of 36 million barrels of crude oil over 5 days since the memorandum of understanding with the United States came into effect on June 18, in a step that reflects a rapid recovery of oil exports after months of decline due to war and blockade maritime.
The Mehr News Agency reported from the economic group "Tanker Trackers", which specializes in tracking oil shipments, that Iran exported 36 million barrels of crude oil from the day after the signing of the memorandum of understanding until today, while similar quantities are still being transported or stored in the waters around Iran and aboard oil tankers.
The Iranian oil exports had fallen to less than a million barrels a day during the American-Israeli war that broke out last February, as a result of targeting the oil infrastructure and tightening the American maritime blockade, after Iran was producing about 3.3 million barrels per day and exporting about two million barrels per day before the outbreak of the war.
The rise in exports came after the entry into force of the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" on June 18, following its electronic signing by Iranian President Masoud Bazeshkian and his American counterpart Donald Trump, and that was after reaching it on June 14 through Pakistani mediation.
Yesterday, Sunday, the Swiss resort of Buergenstock witnessed the first round of American-Iranian talks within the framework of the understanding aimed at ending the war permanently and addressing the differences between the two parties through dialogue and negotiations.
The agreement, consisting of 14 articles, includes arrangements to end the war, including in Lebanon, and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and lifting the naval blockade imposed on Iran.
President Donald Trump earlier stated that oil reserves would have been depleted within 4 weeks had an agreement not been reached.
