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15 July 2020

Commenting on Iran’s relations with Venezuela, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo remarked that “they’re trying to sell them gasoline. They’re trying to move resource to them. It’s difficult to heavily sanctioned nations… We’re making it as difficult as possible for them to violate those sanctions”. “We don’t always succeed, but I’m confident that we will continue to raise the cost for those two to do business together and reduce the risk that they will come to each other’s salvation”, Pompeo added.

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