EghtesadOnline: India, the second biggest crude customer of Iran, may cut its imports from the Islamic Republic by half to secure a waiver from the US to continue with shipments, people familiar with the matter said. Officials from the US had discussed the issue of a conditional waiver on sanctions in talks last month in New Delhi, the people said, requesting not to be identified as the discussion was private, Reuters reported.

EghtesadOnline: Japan is seeking an early exemption from the US on its sanctions against Iran as among the highest priority for the country's energy security as well as local refiners' need for Iranian oil, a top government official told S&P Global Platts Tuesday.

EghtesadOnline: Japanese oil companies will stop importing oil from Iran after the US reinstates sanctions on the country.