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The Iranian regime uses companies which are free from sanctions to further develop their nuclear programme&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>   In June the US warned that OMV could be the target of the first-ever application of the Iran Sanctions Act if the company&#8217;s preliminary dealings with Iran led it to invest in the country&#8217;s energy sector. <script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http:\/\/images.forbes.com\/scripts\/search\/searchtabs.js\"><\/script><noscript><script src=\"http:\/\/api.aggregateknowledge.com\/2007\/01\/15\/js\/340812.js\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/api.aggregateknowledge.com\/2007\/01\/15\/results\/2424328.js?akDebug=ZmFsc2U=&#038;keywords=&#038;anchorid=YWtBUEk=&#038;apikey=UmVjRW5naW5lLTZGMjcyRTlBLUNDMjEtN0YyOC0zMzhELTkyRDk1Q0NBNzQwOA==&#038;intent=VklFVw==&#038;akInternalParameters=&#038;itemquantity=MQ==&#038;itemstruncated=MA==&#038;mode=U0lMRU5U&#038;referer=&#038;release=MS43&#038;sourceurl=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5mb3JiZXMuY29tL21hcmtldHMvZmVlZHMvYWZ4LzIwMDcvMDkvMTkvYWZ4NDEzMzE4MS5odG1s&#038;target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5mb3JiZXMuY29tL21hcmtldHMvZmVlZHMvYWZ4LzIwMDcvMDkvMTkvYWZ4NDEzMzE4MS5odG1s&#038;description=TmV3IFVTIHdhcm5pbmcgdG8gQXVzdHJpYW4gY29tcGFuaWVzIGludmVzdGVkIGluIElyYW4gLSByZXBvcnQg&#038;fromtype=YXJ0aWNsZQ==&#038;uuid=&#038;websiteregion=ZGVmYXVsdA==\"><\/script><\/p>\n<table width=\"774\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"700\" valign=\"top\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VIENNA &ndash; Austrian daily WirtschaftsBlatt reported that Pressure from the US is mounting on Austrian companies such as banks and oil and gas major OMV AG, to reconsider their investments in Iran. 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