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January 23, 2012

Belgium: EU formally adopts Iran embargo

The European Union and Iran raised the stakes over the Islamic republic’s nuclear program, with the bloc banning the purchase of Iranian oil and Iran threatening to retaliate by closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s crude is transported.

By Associated Press | posted 1/23/2012

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