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Iranian minister plays down Strait of Hormuz closure threat
Publication date: 19 January 2012
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Despite threats to close the Strait of Hormuz in the past month - speaking in response to a proposed EU embargo on Iranian oil exports - Iran’s foreign minister Al Akbar Salehi told the Turkish media on Thursday that the country has never tried to block the Strait. "Iran has never in its history tried to prevent, to put any obstacles in the way of this important maritime route", Salehi said.