EU imposes oil embargo on Iran, which threatens to close strait

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

BRUSSELS -- The European Union and Iran raised the stakes Monday in their test of wills 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.

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