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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
The EU embargo on Iranian crude oil that went into full effect this weekend is one of a number of sanctions adopted in January because of a dispute over the Islamic Republic's nuclear ambitions. It complements other measures aimed at the country's...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
European Union sanctions against imports of Iranian oil went into effect Sunday. The sanctions are part of a growing arsenal of measures aimed at deterring Iran's nuclear program...Iran has had months to adjust to the new European Union sanctions,...
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Fox
| 11 months ago
Iran Iran said Sunday that it has "plans" to deal with a new EU embargo on the country's oil sector and enough hard currency to meet its import needs. The remarks by central bank governor Mahmoud Bahmani carried by the semiofficial Mehr news agency...
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The Daily Star
| 11 months ago
A May 16, 2004 file photo shows an aerial view of the Balal offshore oil platform in the Gulf waters, in the Gulf on the edge of Qatar's territorial waters. A European Union embargo on Iranian oil went into effect on July 1, 2012, provoking anger in...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
VOA News June 30, 2012 A European Union embargo on Iranian oil that takes effect Sunday is the latest move in an international effort to force Tehran to halt its disputed nuclear program. The EU and the United States want Iran to end development work...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
We have asked the secretary general to set up an extraordinary meeting as prices have become irrational," Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on his ministry's official news website Shana. He stressed that the last Organisation of...
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AP Online
| 11 months ago
Iran (AP) — Iran says it is having no trouble selling oil despite U.S. sanctions imposed over Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
The Saturday report by the semiofficial Mehr news agency quotes Central Bank Governor Mahmoud Bahmani as...
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The Economic Times
| 11 months ago
Production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries still has remained close to its highest since 2008 as extra oil from Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Libya has compensated for the drop in Iranian output. The survey adds to evidence that...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
The Obama administration has exempted China and Singapore from economic sanctions against countries that import oil from Iran. The tougher U.S. sanctions took effect Thursday. A statement from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says China and...
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Channel NewsAsia
| 11 months ago
Oil prices tumbled on Thursday as European Union leaders held a two-day summit on the eurozone sovereign debt crisis that few in the markets expect will deliver significant measures to contain it. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for...
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Voice of America
| 11 months ago
European Union sanctions on Iran's oil industry go into full effect on Sunday, adding to the pressure on Iranian leaders to negotiate a settlement of the international concerns about their nuclear program. The world runs on oil, much of it...
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Fox News
| 11 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says China and Singapore are making progress in reducing imports of Iranian oil as a deadline hits on sanctions to pressure Iran to prove its nuclear program is peaceful. Speaking in Latvia on Thursday the...
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The Economic Times
| 11 months ago
Asia's top buyers of Iranian oil cut imports by more than a quarter of a million barrels per day in the first five months of the year as they prepared for US sanctions that take effect on Thursday and EU curbs that bite from Sunday. Most of Iran's...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
The EU Foreign Affairs Council announced the latest package of sanctions Monday in Luxembourg. Hague asserted Iranian negotiators have so far "failed to agree any concrete steps to address the international community's serious concerns" about the...
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Haaretz
| 11 months ago
The United Nations issued a statement saying Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon once again urged Iranian officials to refrain from anti-Semitic statements in response to remarks at a global drug enforcement conference in Tehran by Iranian Vice President...
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The Jakarta Post
| 11 months ago
Iran may decide to fully stop imports of Korean goods if the Korean government realizes its decisions to ban Iran oil imports, Hormoz Ghahremani, a spokesperson for the Iranian Embassy in Seoul, told the Korea Herald. The Ministry of Knowledge...
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CNN
| 11 months ago
Iran threatened Wednesday to halt all imports of goods from South Korea in response to Seoul's announcement a day earlier that it would stop accepting Iranian oil. South Korea said Tuesday that it would suspend all Iranian oil imports from the start...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 11 months ago
Breaking News US President Barack Obama discussed conditions in Iran and Syria as well as global energy prices with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan on Wednesday, the White House said. They agreed there was an urgent need to...
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NOW Lebanon
| 11 months ago
Iran and Britain have agreed to open interests sections seven months after Britain closed its embassy in Tehran and ordered Iran to shut its London mission, local media reported on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying...
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International Business Times
| 11 months ago
National Iranian American Council, sent an open letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday requesting that the company make public its nondiscrimination policy, retrain its employees on export control regulations and investigate the alleged incidents...
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The Economic Times
| 11 months ago
There will be "no" exceptions to the gamut of tough EU oil sanctions coming into effect against Iran on Sunday despite last-minute requests, a senior European Union official said Wednesday. "As of July 1 there will be a complete termination" both of...
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United Press International
| 11 months ago
Kenneth Waltz, the author, is arguably among the Top 10 scholars of international relations since World War II. The article by Waltz, 87, triggered a cascade of invective, none louder than from Israel's most prominent supporters. Daniel Pipes called...
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Jerusalem Post
| 11 months ago
Admission marks change of tack from Tehran which until now has denied that US, EU measures have had much or any impact. Iran acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that its oil exports have fallen sharply, down 20-30 percent from normal volumes...
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Embassy
| 11 months ago
E arlier this month, in advance of discussions in Moscow to dissuade Iran's nuclear ambitions, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird convened ambassadors in Ottawa from countries negotiating with Iran. In an ironic display of diplomatic wrangling, the...
