(File photo)A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005. (Reuters photo)
TEHRAN, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said that U.S. exit from the Iranian 2015 nuclear deal will not affect oil industry, state TV reported on Friday.
Iran had been able to safeguard its oil industry against such threats over the past few years, Zangeneh was quoted as saying.
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced U.S. withdrawal from the international Iranian nuclear deal, saying that Washington will not extend the waiver for the unilateral sanctions against Iran.
Trump said that he will re-impose even stronger sanctions against Tehran to make the Islamic republic sit at the negotiation table for changes of "flaws" in the deal.
The sanctions would include a ban over Iran's oil exports as well as restrictions on investments in the country's energy sector, Zangeneh said.
"I believe America's withdrawal from the JCPOA would lead to no significant impacts with regards to Iran's exports of oil," Zangeneh added.
Iran's revenues from the oil and gas would be maintained as envisaged in the national budget bill, he pointed out.
