Financial Times
Defense and Diplomatic Editor for the Financial Times
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James Blitz
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FROM James Blitz
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Iran Touts Nuclear Advances, Threatens to Cut European Oil Exports Iran today announced some advances in its nuclear program, in defiance of international pressure. But it also responded for the first time in five months to demands that it return to talks with the Western powers. James Blitz is defense and diplomatic editor for the Financial Times .
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