· Vow comes on second day of ballistic missile tests · Leaders threaten to shut vital oil route if attacked by Julian Borger, diplomatic editor and Ewen MacAskill in Washington The Guardian
The US vowed to defend Israel and its other allies in the Gulf, as Iran carried out its second ballistic missile test in two days yesterday.
As the situation worsened in the Gulf, the French oil company Total said it would pull out of a large-scale investment in an Iranian gas field - a serious blow to Tehran, which is keen to exploit its gas reserves, and a victory for the Bush administration, which has been seeking to isolate the Iranian government.
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