The measures in the order are designed primarily to address the need to prevent entities located in whole or in part in Iran and Syria from facilitating or committing serious human rights abuses.
Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Executive Order Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry Into the United...
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