Kenya cancels Iran oil imports over sanctions threat
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04-Jul-2012 (one comment)

Kenya has cancelled plans to import crude oil from Iran following threats of sanctions, an official at the Kenyan energy ministry has said.

The outline deal signed last month was to import about 4m tonnes of oil from the Iranian National Oil Company.

But the US embassy in Nairobi had warned it was important to cut revenue to the Iranian government.

The US and the European Union have just tightened sanctions on Iran over concerns about its nuclear programme.

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Tanzania in Iran oil tanker probe

by Darius Kadivar on Fri Jul 06, 2012 03:19 PM PDT

Tanzania in Iran oil tanker probe (bbc)

 

Tanzania is seriously investigating allegations that it re-flagged Iranian oil tankers in defiance of sanctions.

A US congressman alleged last week that up to 10 Iranian oil tankers had been re-registered in Tanzania.

But the East African nation's foreign minister said so far there was no evidence to suggest this was true and he appealed for help with the probe.

The US and the European Union have just tightened sanctions on Iran over concerns about its nuclear programme.

 


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