Iran pledges to defy Western embargo

UPI Saturday 4th February, 2012

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi said Iran will hold firm on defiance of pressure from foreign countries to abandon an alleged nuclear weapons program. "We will not give up our righteous stance," Qassemi said at a news conference. The Fars News Agency said Qassemi took the position that an oil embargo against Iran was "completely impractical ....

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