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Roger Wicker: “Iran has threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a transit point for a fifth of oil traded worldwide, if sanctions are…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
Iran has threatened to shut the Strait of Hormuz, a transit point for a fifth of oil traded worldwide, if sanctions are imposed on its crude exports.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker highlights Iran's threats to global oil trade amid sanctions.

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