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(BBC) Iran: EU oil sanctions 'unfair' and 'doomed to fail'
Iran has said an oil embargo adopted by European Union foreign ministers over the country’s nuclear programme is “unfair” and “doomed to fail”.
The measures would not prevent Iran’s “progress for achieving its basic rights”, foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said.
The sanctions ban all new oil contracts with Iran and freeze the assets of Iran’s central bank in the EU.
The EU currently buys about 20% of Iran’s oil exports.
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