Trump was more lethal for Iran than Covid-19

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13 November 2020

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Tehran, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) President Donald Trump was more lethal for Iran than Covid-19, according to the delegate of Islamic Republic at the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Amir Hossein Zamaninia.

The impact of the economic terrorism imposed by the US Government resulted in more severity for Iran to produce gas than the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus, he added.

In his virtual speech at the 22nd Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) on Friday, Zamaninia noted, 'Now, as far as Iran is concerned, coronavirus had less impact on our gas business than the Donald Trump virus in 2018.'

'The coronavirus did not reduce our production, I mean, gas production. Now, we produce close to a billion cubic meters of gas a day; unfortunately, we consume it like a hungry man domestically. About 95% of our 80-million population have access to piped gas in their homes,' he added.

'The silver lining for the Trump Virus for us or the sanctions against us is that we are increasingly learning to decouple our national economy from revenues of fossil fuels,' he pointed out.