Friday
Jan042013
Iran Live Coverage: The Supreme Leader Tries to Bolster His Popularity
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Thursday's Iran Live Coverage: A Collapsing Economy?
1954 GMT: Oil Watch. Turkey's imports of Iranian oil held steady at around 100,000 barrels per day from September to December, data from a shipping source and Reuters indicate.
The volume is 45% down from Ankara's 2011 purchases of about 180,000 bpd and more than 60% lower from peak imports of 250,000-280,000 bpd in early 2012.
Iran State media highlights the unchanged imports but somehow fails to mention the sharp fall compared to the start of last year.