Iran’s oil minister criticized the US on Wednesday for using oil and gas as a raw material weapon against the Iranian nation.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday stressed the need for the efforts to save the JCPOA against the US unilateralism, as it is currently in critical conditions.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the US has no business and is not welcome in the region and must leave it, stressing that the security of the Persian Gulf can be ensured only by neighbors not outsiders.