Iranian President Hassan Rouhnai said efforts to sideline his country from the global economy through lower crude oil prices have failed. File photo by Maryam Rahmanian/UPI TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (UPI) — Any effort to use leverage in the crude oil market to push Iran into an economic corner has failed, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday. Iran emerged from the shadow of the U.N. sanctions regime during the weekend after it was confirmed Tehran met the terms of the multilateral nuclear agreement reached in July. Yukiya Amano, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the agency’s board of governors the way is now clear to verify Iran’s nuclear commitments are implemented. With sanctions pressures easing, Iran said it could get an economic lift through expanded international trading and through the addition of around 500,000 barrels of oil per day to the market. Iranian Oil Minister Bijan […]