Iran eyes to expand oil exports despite U.S. sanctions: minister

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Oil Minister Javad Owji said on Friday the country plans to increase its crude production in the absence of any "green light" from the United States for exports, according to the Shana News Agency affiliated to the Iranian Oil Ministry.

Making the remarks in the southwestern province of Fars, Owji said that plans for increasing oil production are drawing up, as Iran owns "customers across the world."