SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea did not imported any oil from Iran in September for the first time in six years, before U.S. sanctions against the Middle East country take effect in November, customs data showed on Monday. The last time South Korea did not import oil from Iran was September 2012, according to customs data. South Korean buyers, among major Asian buyers of Iranian oil, suspended Iranian oil loading from July due to the uncertainty of getting a waiver from the U.S. government. The South Korean government has been in talks with the U.S. government to get exemptions on Iran crude imports. During the previous rounds of sanctions from 2012 to 2015, South Korea could buy Iranian oil by capping its Iranian oil imports volume. A U.S government official said in early October that the U.S. government was actively considering waivers on sanctions for countries that are lowering […]