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Trump’s new Iran sanctions tie Democrats' hands on nuclear deal reentry

President Donald Trump’s new Iran sanctions are largely redundant, but they could tie a future president’s hand on reentering the nuclear deal and cut off humanitarian trade.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint news conference with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C58A37C70

President Donald Trump slapped more sanctions on Iran today, claiming they constitute the “highest sanctions ever imposed on a country.”

Trump had threatened the sanctions earlier this week after the United States accused Iran of launching the attack on two Saudi oil facilities on Saturday — charges Tehran denies. The sanctions target Iran’s central bank and its sovereign wealth fund for providing financial support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah.

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