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EU considers freezing assets of last trading bank in Iran

20.01.12 @ 09:48

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The EU is discussing whether to impose sanctions on Bank Tejarat, the last major Iranian bank financing large-volume trade in Europe, Bloomberg on Friday reports unnamed diplomats as having said. The move would complicate tens of billions in annual trade and monetary transactions by EU diplomatic missions in Tehran.

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