The Kenyan energy ministry has announced it is cancelling crude oil imports from Iran following threats of sanctions.
The US embassy in Nairobi had warned the Kenyan government of the importance of cutting revenue to Iran after Kenya signed a deal to import 4 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran last month.
"There are sanctions that are in place for people that are buying oil and products from Iran - there would be repercussions," the US ambassador in Nairobi, Scott Gration, said earlier on Wednesday.
"Because of international pressure, we have withdrawn that understanding," AFP news agency quotes Patrick Nyoik, the energy ministry's permanent secretary, as saying.