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President Bush Signs Iran Sanctions Bill
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1431794:5F753BCA39991A3BC8F84220324AB1179574F7DCC14957C0 Law places
mandatory sanctions on companies, nations providing Iran means to make
nuclear weapons

A new law in the United States imposes sanctions on companies or
foreign nations that help Iran make nuclear weapons.

President Bush signed the Iran Freedom Support Act Saturday after the
Senate gave it final approval.

Mr. Bush said the law extends current sanctions against Iran and gives
him the flexibility to impose new sanctions against those aiding
Iran's development of nuclear weapons.

The United States and other nations are trying to persuade Iran to
suspend its uranium enrichment program.

Saturday in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected
calls for suspension and vowed to protect Iran's right to a nuclear
program.

The United States says Iran is intent on producing nuclear weapons. 
Tehran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.


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