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Iran Threatens To Block Oil Routes

from National Public Radio
December 28, 2011

Oil prices were higher after a top Iranian official threatened to block a considerable part of the world's oil supply, if new economic sanctions are imposed on his country. The official spoke of blocking oil tankers from moving through the Straits of Hormuz.

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  • Morning Edition, December 28, 2011
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