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The United States has decided to ban imports of Iranian crude oil from South Korea, which has been allowed exceptions since the third month. It is expected that this measure will inevitably hurt the situation when international oil prices are skyrocketing.

Washington correspondent.

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Secretary of State Pompeii announced that he would not extend the United States' exclusive sanctions exemption on Iranian oil importing countries.

Starting on the 3rd of next month, it means to stop importing foreign countries status to 8 countries including Korea and Japan.

[Pompeii / US Secretary of State: We will not approve any more exemptions. We will make Iran's exports zero.

Pompei said he would try to block Iran's main source of income by putting pressure on allies with allies to end the Iranian regime's actions that threaten the stability of the Middle East.

The US government has restored sanctions against Iran in November of last year and approved a temporary exception of 180 days for the eight countries including Korea, until the second month of next month.

Immediately after the announcement of the ban on imports, oil prices soared to a peak in six months.

Korea, which has relied on Iranian acid for a considerable amount of superlative oil used for synthetic fiber raw materials, is expected to import more expensive substitute materials, which will weaken its price competitiveness.

However, we have anticipated that the impact on the domestic market will be limited because the government has prepared the import diversification with the industry in advance.