IRAN

Iran Again Threatens to Halt Gulf Oil Exports

Iranian President 'Ali Khamene'i has again warned that Iran will not allow the other Gulf states to continue exporting oil if Iran's oil exports are halted by Iraqi attacks. Speaking in Kerman on 23 November, and referring apparently to recent reports of talks between Iraq and Kuwait on delimiting their border (see the Middle East Situation, MEES 26 November), Mr. Khamene'i said "the Islamic Republic would not...