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DonViejo

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Thu Feb 2, 2017, 01:12 PM Feb 2017

U.S. House speaker backs additional sanctions on Iran

Source: Reuters


Thu Feb 2, 2017 | 12:01pm EST

U.s. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said he would support additional sanctions on Iran, backing a tougher line against Tehran after it test-fired a ballistic missile.

"I would be in favor of additional sanctions on Iran," Ryan told reporters at a weekly press conference. "We need to have a tough-on-Iran policy ... We should stop appeasing Iran."

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-usa-idUSKBN15H253?il=0

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