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Kathianne
06-24-2019, 11:23 AM
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-set-announce-significant-sanctions-iran-tensions-simmer-n1020856


June 24, 2019, 4:47 AM PDT / Updated June 24, 2019, 6:19 AM PDTBy Alexander Smith, Abigail Williams and Adam Edelman
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order putting in place what he called "hard hitting" new sanctions on Iran.


"We will continue to increase pressure on Tehran,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "Never can Iran have a nuclear weapon."


The new sanctions, Trump said, will deny Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top leaders within the regime access to financial instruments.

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jimnyc
06-24-2019, 11:44 AM
I sure hope it does damage. I would have thought that their high leaders will have more than plenty of access to what they already have, and they are another country that would rather see their citizens harmed or suffering, and their leaders the fat cows.