
Iran to 'proudly break US sanctions by selling oil'
Iran's president has said his country will "proudly bypass" Donald Trump's "illegal" and "unjust" sanctions by selling oil. Hassan Rouhani, who also referred to the US as a "bullying power", made the announcement in a meeting with economists that was broadcast on state TV.It comes as Iran kicked off its air defence war games across a vast stretch of the country's north.The Iranian president said: "America wanted to cut to zero Iran's oil sales ... but we will continue to sell our oil... to break sanctions." The US measures were imposed on Monday after the Trump administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal earlier this year.Thousands of Iranian students chanted "death to America" on the eve of the sanctions, which target the country's vital energy and banking sector...