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U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran over Missile Test

(New York Times) David E. Sanger - New sanctions that the Trump administration imposed on Friday to punish Tehran's latest ballistic missile test marked the beginning of what officials called the end of an era in which the U.S. was "too tolerant of Iran's bad behavior." In the first in a series of efforts to confront Iran, a ban on bank transfers was levied against 25 Iranians and companies that officials said assisted in Tehran's ballistic missile program and support of terrorist groups. President Obama took similar steps a year ago after another Iranian missile test, and the new sanctions drew from a list of targets drawn up last year by the Obama administration. Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said, "The entire eight years of the Obama administration was an example of unprecedented but largely unreciprocated overtures for cooperation with Iran in the Middle East. The Iranians weren't interested."
2017-02-06 00:00:00
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