US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin gave a press briefing in Washington, D.C. on November 5, on the reinstatement of sanctions against Iran.
On November 5, the second package of US sanctions, re-introduced after Washington's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and targeting, in particular, Iran's oil sector, took effect.
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