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US sanctions Iran clerics for vetoing election candidates

by AP Diplomatic Writer
| February 20, 2020 12:05 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on Iran by slapping sanctions on top members of a powerful clerical body that disqualified thousands of candidates from running in that country's parliamentary elections.

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