Thursday, March 23, 2006

U.S. asks Japan to halt Iran oil field project - Report

The United States has asked Japan to suspend its multi-billion-dollar oil investment in Iran, a Japanese newspaper reported on Thursday.

Citing top U.S. government officials, Japan’s daily Sankei Shimbun reported that the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick and Undersecretary of State Robert Joseph informally asked the Japanese government to at least temporarily halt work in Iran’s Azadegan oil field, one of the world's biggest oil reserves.

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