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Published May 16 2012 by Topnews.in

US official misquoted on India’s import from Iran

Carlos Pascual, the State Department's special envoy for international energy issues was reportedly misquoted by a reporting agency about the reduction in India's import of crude oil from Iran.

It was earlier reported that Pascual remarked that he was `not too impressed' with the India's efforts to cut its...

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...that he was ` "not too impressed' with the India's efforts to cut its imports of oil from Iran. However, State department spokesperson Victoria Nuland clarified that he actually said that 'I am not doing press today' and not 'I am not impressed', as reported in the news."

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