Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh claims that Iran’s exports have risen “significantly” despite US sanctions. “We set the highest record of exports of refined products in the history of the oil industry during the embargo period,” Zanganeh proclaimed on Friday The minister did not give figures nor any details about the foreign countries purportedly reviving their purchases. Instead, he said, “The enemy and Trump wanted us to perish and die, our exports to reach zero, but we are alive and working with more hope to build the country.” Since the Trump Administration imposed comprehensive sanctions in November 2018, Iran has not released official figures on oil exports.