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After the last round of sanctions were announced in 2011. Saudi Arabia boosted its production.

The U.S. move threatens Iran with lower export income and less access to hard currency.

Imports for the first four months of 2018 rose 8.9 percent versus the same period a year ago to 151.43 million tonnes. or 9.21 million bpd.

Traders are also nervously awaiting Trump'.s decision on whether or not to continue with the Iran nuclear deal. which he has in the past derided.

U.S. output will likely rise further this year. towards or past Russia'.s 11 million bpd. as its energy firms keep drilling for more.

Iran appears to be ramping up its oil exports ahead of the likely sanctions.

Marubeni is a major Japanese integrated trading and investment business conglomerate that handles products and provides services in a broad range of sectors.

Iran has always been seeking reasonable prices for oil which will encourage the producers to produce more oil and therefore stop the global market from destabilization.

Reasonable oil prices would ``encourage producers to keep supply while it would prevent global markets from plunging into instability.

The U.S. dollar leaped to its highest levels this year against a basket of currencies despite disappointing U.S. employment data for April.