US grants exemptions to new sanctions on Iran guard force

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is granting major exemptions to new sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlines the exemptions in notices published in the Federal Register. A ban on travel to the U.S. stemming from the designation of the Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization will not apply to officials of foreign governments or businesses that have dealings with the elite military unit or its subsidiaries.
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