IRANIAN NATIONAL OIL COMPANY CEO: HALK ISLAND OIL OPERATIONS ARE NORMAL, DENYING TRAMP'S STATEMENTS

On Monday, the Chief Executive Officer of the Iranian National Oil Company, Hamid Boward, stated that oil operations on the Iranian island of Khark had not ceased, and denied the statement of United States President Trump that the island ' s critical oil hub had been destroyed. He claimed that the current situation on Khark Island was calm and normal and that 90 per cent of Iranian oil exports came from the island, that oil workers had not ceased oil operations and that contractors were currently rebuilding and upgrading oil storage tanks and terminals。