LONDON, Rabi'I 1, 1433, Jan 24, 2012, SPA - Australia will follow the European Union's lead in banning oil imports and imposing a range of other sanctions on Iran, Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday. Rudd said later that Australian imports of Iranian oil were already "negligible". "On the question of Iran, let me be absolutely clear (regarding) the actions taken in Brussels yesterday on sanctions by the European Union -- we in Australia will undertake precisely the same parallel action for Australia," he told reporters during a visit to London, according to a report of Reuters. --SPA 15:24 LOCAL TIME 12:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/964135