State media: Iran is ready to ban oil exports to Europe

 February 07, 2012 11:10   cnn.com

Iranian lawmakers appeared ready to impose a ban on oil exports to Europe in retaliation for sanctions put in place by the European Union and the United States in January, state media reported Tuesday.

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