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1/20/2012 11:29:12 AM
A Turkish refiner will meet Saudi Arabian authorities this month to seek alternatives to Iranian oil, which is under sanctions
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1/19/2012 5:41:57 PM
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak denies US military chief Dempsey's visit is intended to talk Israel out of taking unilateral military action against Iran
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1/19/2012 2:00:48 PM
Iran warns Arab against allying with the US, hints at Saudi directing others to do so amid soaring tensions that may force Iran to close strategic Strait of Hormuz
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1/17/2012 12:16:40 PM
Tehran labels Saudi Arabia's offer to increase oil production to compensate for embargoed Iranian exports as 'not friendly'
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1/15/2012 5:53:46 PM
US ambassador to the UN Susan Rice sends letter to Iran's UN representative concerning Tehran's threatened blockade of strategic Strait of Hormuz
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1/14/2012 2:33:26 PM
Kingdom ready and able to meet world's energy needs if oil embargo is placed on Iran, says Republican lawmaker
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1/10/2012 5:02:14 PM
China says if war started in Middle East and Iran closed Strait of Hormuz, the world economy deep in crisis will disastrously affected
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1/9/2012 5:45:11 PM
Postponement for the launch of a pipeline which would cut reliance on the contested Gulf waterway sparks a rise in oil prices
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1/8/2012 6:29:43 PM
The spokesman for the US National Security Council acknowledges Iran's welcoming of US Navy action to free Iranian sailors held by pirates
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1/8/2012 5:39:53 PM
US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta warns Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, saying that Washington will not tolerate the blocking of this strategic channel
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1/7/2012 3:14:00 PM
Amid mounting threat Iran should block the strategic Strait of Hormuz If new sanctions imposed by the US and the EU, Britain’s Royal Navy's warship joins other British ships in the Gulf
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1/6/2012 1:23:17 PM
Iran unveils its willingness to hold new naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz next month, coinciding with new financial sanctions signed into law by US President Barack Obama on New Year’s eve
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1/4/2012 7:48:22 PM
Oil prices surge as the US tightens sanctions against Iran and the oil producer says it would not allow a US aircraft carrier to return through the Strait of Hormuz
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1/2/2012 3:30:20 PM
France says Iranian missile tests at Strait of Hormuz bad signal sent to the international community, stresses need to maintain freedom of navigation in gulf
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1/2/2012 2:56:48 PM
Iran responds to US sanctions by testing missiles that reach as far as 200 km near the Strait of Hormuz, while the government also claims that scientists have conducted nuclear tests
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1/1/2012 4:39:30 PM
EU expects to impose new economic sanctions on Iran to respond to Tehran threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which 40 percent of the world's oil passes
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1/1/2012 12:20:00 PM
Iran says it will carry out manoeuvres designed to allow the navy to shut the Strait of Hormuz if Tehran wishes
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12/31/2011 12:49:09 PM
Iran on Saturday kept tensions simmering over its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz to oil tankers by readying war game missile tests near the entrance to the Gulf
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12/29/2011 5:18:03 PM
Iran rejects a US warning against closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz as a respond to threats
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12/29/2011 12:29:28 PM
Tensions mount as Iranian, US naval forces rub shoulders in Strait of Hormuz; Tehran declares readiness to 'confront offenders that don't respect security perimeters'
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