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        US Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Iran over Ballistic Missile Tests

   by VOA News

   The United States has imposed new sanctions related to Iran's ballistic
   missile program, the U.S. Treasury Department announced Sunday, hours
   after confirmation that several Americans held captive in Iran were
   released and en route to Europe.

   The U.S. will sanction five Iranian nationals and a network of
   companies based in the United Arab Emirates and China amid allegations
   they have supported Iran's ballistic missile program.

   The Obama administration has for months publicly hedged on a response
   to two ballistic missile tests by Tehran in late 2015 that violated
   U.N. Security Council resolutions. The testing triggered American
   lawmakers to call by for more sanctions on Tehran.

   The announcement by the Treasury Department comes a day after the U.S.
   agreed to lift sanctions related to Iran's nuclear program, under a
   multinational deal reached in July.

   "Iran's ballistic missile program poses a significant threat to
   regional and global security, and it will continue to be subject to
   international sanctions," said Adam J. Szubin, acting undersecretary
   for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, in a statement issued by the
   Treasury Department.

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