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Bipartisan House bill seeks to counter Iranian hostage-taking
The legislation requires the administration to formulate a strategy to stop Iranian hostage-taking and bar travel to Iran on U.S. passports, among other steps
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a speech during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in Tehran on September 22, 2023.
A bipartisan House bill introduced on Monday seeks to counter Iran’s practice of taking U.S. hostages, including pushing to bar ransom payments to U.S. adversaries and block U.S. passport holders from visiting Iran.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe...