sanction
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France, Britain and Germany were behind the reimposition of UN sanctions on Iran in September connected to its nuclear programme.
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Days after the sanctions took effect, the terminal received its first shipment from Russia in at least five years, according to data from ship-tracking firm Kpler.
Both moves have the same objective: preserving a system still shaken by last summer’s 12-day war with Israel and by sanctions that have sent the economy spiraling.
China criticised the deal and announced new sanctions on Friday against Boeing's defence manufacturing outpost in St. Louis, aerospace giant Northrop Grumman and others.
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The sanctions will likely have little impact on the stocks, given that most U.S. defense companies do almost no business with China.
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