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D. Tehran is the capital and largest city with 15 million people in its metropolitan area. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country would resist new sanctions, and the nation’s parliament is considering increasing spending for the missile program.
C. A weeks-long impasse over imposing new financial sanctions on Iran and Russia was broken last week, with the House prepared to vote on a bill that would prevent President Trump from lifting measures against Moscow. The bill also included sanctions aimed at freezing North Korea’s nuclear program.
D. During his visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Trump urged a meeting of Arab leaders to help isolate Iran and, just days after Iranians reelected moderate President Rouhani, to “pray for the day when the Iranian people have the just and righteous government they so richly deserve.”
A. Both Iran and Russia have supported the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more.