US asks Iran to cooperate, Teheran issues Strait threat
January 24, 2012  12:01
The US has asked Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency when their inspectors visit the country, even as Teheran threatened to close down the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for oil sanctions. 

"We call on Iran to cooperate fully with the IAEA on this trip," State Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, said. "The IAEA is going in a constructive spirit, and it's asking Iran to display the same attitude. There is a lot of work to do," she told reporters. 

Yesterday, two Iranian lawmakers stepped up threats their country would close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for oil sanctions on Tehran.
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