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David Cicilline: “The existing sanctions regime has not caused the administration to impose a single imposition of sanction for human…”

On the recordMay 24, 2016
The existing sanctions regime has not caused the administration to impose a single imposition of sanction for human rights.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline criticizes the lack of new sanctions for human rights violations since the JCPOA.

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