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Bob Menendez: “If those sanctions no longer exist and if you are saying they are the most sanctioned country in the world, I assume…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
If those sanctions no longer exist and if you are saying they are the most sanctioned country in the world, I assume that you are referring to their nonnuclear sanctions. So then what is left to do? Basically to let Iran violate without consequence.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey

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Menendez questions the effectiveness of sanctions if they are lifted.

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