An Iranian oil worker repairs a pipe at an oil refinery in Tehran, Iran. The latest U.S. sanctions to be imposed on Iran have not only unveiled the depth of the country's economic woes, but exposed new fault lines within the government just two months before parliamentary elections that should bolster the control of the ruling clerics. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Iran will probably stop sales of crude to Belgium, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands, the state-run Mehr news agency reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
The final decision on halting sales to the three European Union countries will be made soon by the Iranian oil ministry, Mehr said.
Those countries haven’t accepted conditions outlined by Iran including a three-to-five year purchase contract, a guarantee on payments for purchased oil and removing any preconditions from purchase contracts, Mehr reported.
