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Iranian oil offers to Chinese buyers fall as US blockade bites, sources say

By Siyi Liu and Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Offers of Iranian crude to Chinese buyers have declined and prices have jumped this week as the U.S. blockade has cut Tehran's shipments,…

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