US urges South Korea cut Iran

A senior US official urged South Korea and other countries to reduce purchases of crude oil from Iran in line with a US-led drive to sanction Tehran for its nuclear programme.

Cuts: US Special Advisor for non-proliferation and arms control, Robert Einhorn talks with Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Kim Jae Shin during their meeting at the ministry of foreign affairs and trade in Seoul.
Cuts: US Special Advisor for non-proliferation and arms control, Robert Einhorn talks with Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Kim Jae Shin during their meeting at the ministry of foreign affairs and trade in Seoul.
Published 17 January 2012, 04:39Updated 11 October 2016, 07:46
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