Exxon Mobil said Friday reports that it was lobbying the U.S. government on sanctions imposed on Iran are inaccurate. “Exxon Mobil is not lobbying on Iran sanctions,” Ken Cohen, Exxon’s vice president of Public and Government Affairs, said in a statement . “Erroneous media reports resulted from errors in a consultant’s lobbying disclosures. Current U.S. law prohibits American companies from operating in Iran.” Bloomberg news reported Exxon hired a lobbying company , the Nickels Group, formed by former Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla. to monitor Iranian sanctions measures. “We are not lobbying on Iran sanctions,” Alan Jeffers, an Exxon spokesman, told Bloomberg. “We are monitoring activities related to Iran in the U.S. government.” Nickles served as Senate Whip and chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget before leaving office in 2005. Bloomberg reports Exxon’s work with the Nickles Group is the first time since […]