A leading Spanish company vowed to defy the US sanctions against Iran and continue business with the Islamic country.
In an interview with Sputnik, Esproenko International, which specializes in oil and gas services, commented on the situation around the first phase of Washington’s anti-Iranian sanctions which entered into force on August 7.
Esproenko International's PR manager Carlos Toledo explained that the company had started working with Iran in 2013, 'when sanctions on the Islamic Republic were imposed by all sides, namely, the European Union and the United States'.
'We had no competition on the Iranian territory [at the time], which prompted us to enter this market,' he pointed out.
However, he added, the company had to face 'huge competition' in 2015 and minimize its activities when the anti-Iranian sanctions were lifted.
Now that Washington has tried to stifle the Iranian economy and has warned European and US companies against conducting trade with Tehran, Esproenko International perceives all this as a new opportunity, according to Toldeo.
'Now we are considering the resumption of activities at a higher level. […] So far, the EU has not adopted any sanctions against Iran. And what the US is saying is its own problem, not ours,' Toledo said.
He added that the company had not received any threats, and even if it did, it would have ignored them.
'Nobody tells us what we can or cannot do, so we do what we want,' Toledo concluded.