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Steve Pearce: “U.S. sanctions are directed against an authoritarian government, not the many ordinary Iranians who denounce terrorism…”

On the recordApril 3, 2017
U.S. sanctions are directed against an authoritarian government, not the many ordinary Iranians who denounce terrorism and welcome closer relations with our country.
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Steve Pearce
New Mexico

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Clarifying that sanctions target the Iranian government, not its citizens.

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