tehran talk
House committee advances new Iran, Houthi sanctions legislation
Another committee moved forward bills to combat transnational repression of dissidents in the United States and monitoring terrorist threats in Syria
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A picture taken on November 10, 2019, shows an Iranian flag in Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, during an official ceremony to kick-start works on a second reactor at the facility.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday advanced, with bipartisan support, legislation that would impose new sanctions on individuals and entities involved in Iran’s oil trade and hostage-taking and those involved in Houthi piracy.
At the same time, the...