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Iran Dismisses US Sanctions, Says Calls for Dialogue Not Serious

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   Iranian officials on Tuesday dismissed new U.S. sanctions as putting an
   end to any diplomatic path for resolving tensions between the two
   countries, and further described U.S. overtures for dialogue as
   disingenuous.

   U.S. President Donald Trump issued the economic sanctions Monday
   against Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and eight senior
   commanders in the Iranian military and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards
   Corps. He called on the Iranian government to "change its destructive
   behavior, respect the rights of its people, and return in good faith to
   the negotiating table."

   U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Tuesday during a visit
   to Jerusalem that Trump "has held the door open to real negotiations,"
   and that Iran has responded with what he called "deafening silence."

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