The U.S. Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed new sanctions on Iran and Russia and put a limit on the White House's ability to roll back any Russia sanctions.

 

美国参议院周四压倒性地通过对伊朗和俄罗斯的制裁法案，并且限制了白宫撤销对俄制裁的能力。

 

The new sanctions, passed by a 98-2 vote, were also so far one of the strongest U.S. congressional responses to alleged¹ Russian meddling² of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

 

The new sanctions aim to impose new restrictions³ on Iran's ballistic missile program and to punish Tehran for "supporting terrorism and human rights violations⁴."

 

As for Russia sanctions, the new sanctions target among others "those conducting malicious⁵ cyber activity on behalf of the Russian government" and "those doing business with the Russian intelligence and defense⁶ sectors," according to a press release by Senate Committee on Banking⁷, Housing and Urban Affairs.

 

The new Russia sanctions also require the White House to get a congressional review if it attempts to relax, suspend or terminate Russia sanctions.

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