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Tehran: US sanctions won’t stop arms race
Ballistic test provokes Washington censure

IRAN hit out yesterday at new sanctions imposed by Washington soon after several US prisoners had been freed by Tehran.

US President Barack Obama announced new measures on Sunday in response to Iran testing a ballistic missile test in October, in breach of a UN resolution.

The decision came just a day after the US lifted economic sanctions as part of July’s nuclear energy agreement between Iran and the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China.

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