Press review | 27/01/2012

 

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Iran to boycott EU

Iran to boycott EU

 

Tehran is planning to pre-empt the EU's decision to boycott Iranian oil with an immediate ban on oil shipments to Europe. A bill to that effect is to be presented to the Iranian parliament on Sunday. The gambit will work in the regime's favour, commentators write, and lament the futility of the embargo.

With articles from the following publications:
Il Sole 24 Ore - Italy, Financial Times Deutschland - Germany, Blog Oil Man - France

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