WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Friday resoundingly approved new sanctions on trade with Iran’s energy, port, shipping and ship-building sectors, its latest effort to ratchet up economic pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. The new package builds on existing U.S. sanctions but keeps exemptions for countries that have made significant cuts to their purchases of Iranian crude oil. Senators voted 94-0 to make the new sanctions part of an annual defense policy bill. Iran’s currency has plunged this year as its oil exports were slashed by U.S. … Full Story U.S. Senate approves new sanctions for Iran energy, shipping
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