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‘Oil is not a weapon’: Iran’s energy minister urges OPEC to condemn President Trump

President Donald Trump’s attempt to politicize the oil market should be castigated by OPEC, according to Iran’s energy minister.

The U.S. president has sought to publicly intervene in OPEC’s policymaking ahead of a key meeting for the 14-member oil cartel on Friday, complaining in a pair of tweets that the Middle-East-dominated group is to blame for crude prices recently soaring to multi-year highs.

“Oil is not a weapon — it is not a political tool to be used against some countries, producers or consumers,” Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh told reporters on Tuesday in Vienna, Austria where OPEC and non-OPEC producers, including Russia, are due to meet this week.

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