Senior US foreign Department official Brian brown said that countries requesting waivers from issuing sanctions against Iran will be examined " on a case - by - case basis " , a departure from previous threats of sanctions for any country not complying 100 % by 202 November . His comments followed questions about India ’s and Turkey ’s decisions to continue import oil from Iran , despite a US ban , and follow rising oil prices on the expectation of lower imports from Iran coupled with uncertainty on spare capacity from other countries to make up the shortfall . More than 50 international companies have thus far committed to stop trade with Iran , he said .
Senior US State Department official Brian Hook said that countries requesting waivers from US sanctions against Iran will be examined "on a case-by-case basis", a departure from previous threats of sanctions for any country not complying 100% by 4 November. His comments followed questions about India’s and Turkey’s decisions to continue purchasing oil from Iran, despite a US ban, and follow rising oil prices on the expectation of lower supply from Iran coupled with uncertainty on spare capacity from other countries to make up the shortfall. More than 50 international companies have thus far committed to stop trade with Iran, he said.