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NICOSIA — Iran has suspended crude oil shipments to Britain and
France.

Iran’s Oil Ministry said oil exports were halted to the two European
Union states.

A ministry statement did not say when the shipments ended and
how many barrels per day Britain and France had been receiving.

“Crude oil exports to British and French companies have been halted,” Oil Ministry spokesman Ali Reza Nikzad-Rahbar said on Feb. 19.

“We have our own customers and have no problem to sell and export our crude oil to new customers.”

The ministry did not explain the Iranian suspension of oil to Britain
and France.

In January 2011, the European Union imposed sanctions on Iran’s
fuel exports.

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