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<\/a><\/p>\nPresident Hassan Rouhani has reaffirmed that the United States will not be able to stop Iran\u2019s oil sales, warning that no crude will find its way out of the Persian Gulf should Washington attempt to target Iranian crude exports.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe US should know [this] that we are selling and will continue to sell our oil and it will not be able to block Iran\u2019s oil exports. And it should also know that if it attempts to stop Iran\u2019s oil [sales] someday, no oil will be exported from the Persian Gulf,\u201d he said during a speech on Tuesday in the city of Shahroud, Semnan Province.<\/span><\/p>\n Rouhani further noted that Washington had failed in its declared aims of stopping Iran’s crude exports, choking its trade with the world, and isolating the country regionally and internationally.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOur great nation proved to be the ultimate victor of this battle on all stages,\u201d the president said.<\/span><\/p>\n Washington has re-imposed its unilateral anti-Iran sanctions, including an oil embargo, after withdrawing from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers in May in defiance of international objections.<\/span><\/p>\n The US had initially vowed to reduce Iran\u2019s oil sales to \u201czero\u201d under the bans, but it later backed down and granted waivers to almost all of Tehran\u2019s major crude buyers.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe will expand our relationship with neighbors, Muslim countries, and the world,\u201d Rouhani said. The Islamic Republic, he added, is not adversarial towards any of its neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n The president further underscored the Iranian nation\u2019s \u201cgreat victories\u201d of the past 40 years in the fight against \u201cthe oppressive and tyrannical enemy,\u201d referring to the US.<\/span><\/p>\n He further pointed out a number of defeats the US has suffered in its hostile plots, including staging a coup, undermining the economy through sanctions and breaking away the southern province of Khuzestan from the country.<\/span><\/p>\n