How Trump's hawkish 助言者s won 審議 on Iran oil 許可/制裁s

By Humeyra Pamuk and Timothy Gardner

WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. 大統領 Donald Trump's 予期しない 決定/判定勝ち(する) to 禁止(する) all Iranian oil 購入(する)s after May 1 - ending 控除s for eight nations - (機の)カム after hawkish 経済的な and 安全 助言者s 静めるd the 大統領,/社長's 恐れるs of an oil price 引き上げ(る), によれば three sources familiar with the 内部の 審議.

The 前例のない move to fully 切断する Tehran´s 財政上の lifeline - 完結するd just days before the April 22 告示 - 強調するs the 影響(力) of hard-liners within Trump´s 国家の 安全 会議, which two of the sources said were the biggest 支持するs for the 決定/判定勝ち(する). They had for months argued for 強化するing the 許可/制裁s over the 反対s of 明言する/公表する Department 公式の/役人s who 好意d 許すing some partners and 同盟(する)s to keep buying Iranian oil.

"No one's 現実に tried to take this all the way to 無," a 上級の 行政 公式の/役人 told Reuters, 追加するing that (1)偽造する/(2)徐々に進むing a 合意 の中で 政府 機関s 要求するd "a lot of work."

大統領 Donald Trump has been eager to 停止(させる) Iran´s oil 輸出(する)s since slapping 許可/制裁s on the Islamic 共和国 last November for the first time since 2015, a move ーするつもりであるd as 罰 for Iran´s 核の ambitions and its support of 武装した 交戦的な groups in the Middle East. But he 最初 支援するd a go-slow approach, 供給するing 権利放棄s to 同盟(する)s and 貿易(する)ing partners such as 中国, India and Turkey.

The 部隊d 明言する/公表するs 現在/一般に 除去するs about 2 million バーレル/樽s of oil per day from the world's 供給(する) through 許可/制裁s on the Iran and Venezuela 産業s. But Washington hopes that 急に上がるing U.S. oil 生産/産物 - now at an 史上最高 of more than 12 million バーレル/樽s per day - will keep 全世界の markets 井戸/弁護士席-供給(する)d and 持つ/拘留する prices 負かす/撃墜する.

By the 週末 of April 20, with the 初期の 180-day 権利放棄s given to countries 予定 to 満了する/死ぬ May 1, 最高の,を越す 経済的な and 安全 助言者s 納得させるd Trump that the time had come to 削減(する) off Iranian oil 輸出(する)s 完全に, によれば the sources, who spoke on 条件 of anonymity.

The 国家の 安全 会議 played a 重要な 役割 in 運動ing the argument to end the 権利放棄 program - 特に Richard Goldberg, a new member of the Trump 行政 and a longtime 支持する for 直面するing Iran, によれば the two sources. He was "instrumental," one of the sources said.

国家の 安全 助言者 John Bolton 追加するd Goldberg to the NSC in January.

以前, Goldberg was an 助言者 at the 創立/基礎 for 弁護 of 僕主主義s (FDD) think-戦車/タンク 長,率いるd by 示す Dubowitz, a 主要な 支持する for tougher 扱うing of Iran since the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs' first 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of 許可/制裁s against the country under former 大統領 Barack Obama.

In 2012, Goldberg was an 補佐官 to then-上院議員 示す Kirk, a 共和国の/共和党の, and 配達するd a blow to Tehran by 令状ing 法律制定 that の近くにd Iran's last 合法的な (法などの)抜け穴 in selling oil under the Obama 許可/制裁s. That 法律制定 的d the Belgium-based SWIFT 財政上の messaging system over which Iran was 行為/行うing billions of dollars in oil 貿易(する).

White House 経済的な 助言者s Kevin Hassett and Larry Kudlow had also called for ending the 権利放棄s, によれば a second 上級の 行政 公式の/役人.

Trump discussed the 事柄 with Bolton, 財務省 長官 Steve Mnuchin, Energy 長官 Rick Perry 同様に as 国務長官 マイク Pompeo.

While Bolton and Perry 支援するd ending the 権利放棄s, some in Pompeo's 明言する/公表する Department 繰り返し言うd worries about the 可能性のある for rising oil prices, the sources said, but they 最終的に dropped their 反対s and supported the more 積極的な 政策 on Iran.

At the time, the 明言する/公表する Department had been engaged in 会談 with at least five of the eight economies 持つ/拘留するing 権利放棄s, によれば sources - 中国, India, South Korea, Japan and Turkey.

SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT

The 決定/判定勝ち(する) caught several U.S. 同盟(する)s and Iranian oil 買い手s off-guard. 中国's Foreign 省 問題/発行するd a formal com plaint to the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs.

分かれて, 外交官s interviewed by Reuters from at least two large importers of Iranian oil said discussions about 新たにするing their 権利放棄s continued until a few days before the 告示, 示唆するing the 明言する/公表する Department had little time to 簡潔な/要約する partners on the 決定/判定勝ち(する).

Oil prices struck six-month highs after the 告示, but have since 緩和するd 支援する.

Trump has long been anxious that rising oil prices could 傷つける the economy and raise 小売 ガソリン prices, and in his last tweet before the 権利放棄 決定/判定勝ち(する), he said 全世界の oil markets were "壊れやすい". He has asked members of the Organization of the 石油 輸出(する)ing Countries to 増加する the flow of oil to 補償する for losses from Iran and Venezuela.

"This was 明確に what he was balancing in his own mind," the 行政 公式の/役人 said.

One 上級の 行政 公式の/役人 said Trump held conversations recently with the Saudi and Emirati leaders on oil prices and received 保証/確信s that the two oil 生産者s will 確実にする the market is 井戸/弁護士席-供給(する)d.

Saudi Arabia's energy 大臣 答える/応じるd by 説 he saw no need to raise oil 生産(高) すぐに. 石油輸出国機構 生産/産物 拒絶する/低下するd by 1.6 million バーレル/樽s per day between December and March, によれば the organization's 人物/姿/数字s.

'THE RIGHT TIME'

The Obama 行政, which had 課すd 許可/制裁s on Iran in 2012 to 妨害する its 核の ambitions, kept its 権利放棄s in place through the duration of its 圧力 (選挙などの)運動をする.

Obama´s 許可/制裁s program ended with the 共同の 包括的な 計画(する) of 活動/戦闘, an international (許可,名誉などを)与える with Tehran reached in 2015 目的(とする)d at 妨げるing Iran from getting a 核の 爆弾. Trump ridiculed the 取引,協定 and 片側だけに abandoned it last year over the 反対s of the other 加盟国s. International 核の 視察官s said at the time that Iran was がまんするing by the 取引,協定's 条件.

明言する/公表する Department 公式の/役人s said it was the Trump 行政's 意向 from the start to bring Iran's 輸出(する)s to z ero. But the タイミング had not been 権利 until now.

"We are doing this ... in a 都合のよい market 条件 with 十分な かかわり合い from producing countries," said Frank Fannon, U.S. Assistant 国務長官 for Energy 資源s. "We think this is the 権利 time."

(付加 報告(する)/憶測ing by Steve Holland Editing by Richard Valdmanis, Brian Thevenot and David Gregorio)

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