Tehran — Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Wednesday Iran will “not remain silent” and will respond after the US said it intends to impose “maximum economic pressure” on Tehran through its sanctions, which are aimed at blocking all Iranian oil exports. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now “They should know that this hostility will not remain unanswered and they will receive the response to this hostility,” Khamenei was quoted as saying by the state-owned students’ news agency ISNA. The US announced Monday it would allow sanctions waivers granted to eight countries, which allowed them to continue purchasing Iranian oil, to expire on May 2. Khamenei vowed that Iran would continue to keep its oil exports flowing. “We can export our oil as much as needed and as much as we decide,” he said. “They [The US] assume they have blocked the way. But […]