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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/25/world/middleeast/iran-sanctions-senate-foreign-relations.html
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Approves Stiff Iran Sanctions
(New York Times) Matt Flegenheimer and David E. Sanger - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved by 18 to 3 on Thursday the most sweeping sanctions against Iran since the 2015 nuclear deal. The committee linked the penalties to Iran's continued support for terrorism and its human rights violations, among other concerns. The Trump administration has supported new sanctions against Iran, and the measure could receive a full Senate vote as early as next month. Sen. Benjamin Cardin of Maryland, the committee's top Democrat, argued that the new legislation remained essential. "This bill is surgical," he said, noting it had been designed to avoid undermining the 2015 agreement. "Just because they entered into a nuclear agreement, we're not going to permit them to continue to support terrorism."