UPDATE 1-S.Africa says has suspended Iran oil imports
Reuters / Reuters
22-Mar-2012

 Iran is leading crude supplier to Africa's biggest economy (Adds background, details)

(Reuters) - South Africa has suspended almost all its oil imports from Iran and intends to abide by a U.S. request to make significant cuts in its Iranian supplies, a senior diplomat said on Thursday.

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"(To my knowledge), no Iranian oil is flowing into our country," deputy foreign minister Ebrahim Ebrahim told a news conference. "If there is any, it is very little."

South Africa is on a State Department list of 12 countries that buy Iranian oil and could have been subject to U.S. sanctions had it not significantly cut purchases.

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