Fresh worries over pump prices emerged tonight after the cost of a barrel of oil rose reached 73 US dollars a barrel in New York.
The latest increase, which followed a period of recent stability for energy prices, came after Iran’s supreme leader warned that oil supplies could be jeopardised if the West makes the “wrong move” over Iran’s nuclear policy.
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