Iran would be willing to impose a hydrocarbon embargo if there were a final deal in the nuclear talks with the West and international sanctions were not lifted, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday. “If we do not resist, the enemy will put conditions on our nuclear program and impose sanctions,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency. “If it’s going to be sanctions, the Iranian nation will impose sanctions on them in future. Iran owns the biggest oil and gas reserves in the world.” “Europe and the world need the gas. Iran can impose sanctions on them, if it becomes necessary,” Khamenei said. “The enemy is using sanctions as much as possible. Their goal is to stop the [Iranian] people’s progress. I believe that even if the nuclear issue turns out the way they are dictating, the sanctions […]