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January 16, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/eu-nations-commit-in-principle-to-iranian-oil-embargo/2012/01/13/gIQADSAivP_story.html

EU Commits in Principle to Iran Oil Embargo

(Washington Post) Edward Cody - European governments have decided in principle to impose an oil embargo on Iran but plan to delay its implementation for six months or more so that vulnerable countries can arrange for alternate supplies, according to European diplomats. The agreement, reached at a meeting of EU ambassadors Thursday in Brussels, has to be ratified by foreign ministers at a meeting scheduled for Jan. 23.

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