Antony Blinken actually said...

The U.S. is talking with its European allies about banning all imports of Russian oil in what would be a devastating blow to the Russian economy.

Blinken discusses U.S. efforts to impose economic sanctions on Russia through oil import bans.

03/07/2022

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Any agreement that we reach... would have to have more stringent requirements still in terms of monitoring, in terms of access, in terms of ...

the best way to ensure that Iran complies with its obligations would be to suspend the existing sanctions, not end them.

Our best judgment right now is this, and I think, Senator, you pointed to something very important.

So far from being able to implement additional sanctions, we would be unable probably to implement the existing sanctions regime.