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Majority Leader Steny Hoyer issued the following statement in Washington, D.C. after the State Department announced sanctions on eight Iranian officials implicated in human rights violations and on the Naftiran Intertrade Company (NICO), which has spent millions in the Iranian petroleum sector. President Obama has also secured the commitment of major oil and gas companies, including Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Statoil, and ENI, to end their business dealings with Iran:

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