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Iran: Trump announces fresh sanctions but what next?
Has President Trump’s big gamble on Iran paid off? Is this a foreign policy success?
US President Donald Trump has said Iran "appears to be standing down" after it targeted air bases housing US forces in Iraq.
Iran said it acted in retaliation after the assassination of top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Trump also said the US would immediately impose additional financial and economic sanctions on Iran, which would remain until it "changed its behaviour". So can the Democrats flex any influence on what the president does next? David Grossman reports.
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