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Iran’s Official COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 20,000 as Trump Pushes for New Sanctions

HeadlineAug 20, 2020

In Iran, the official death toll from COVID-19 passed the 20,000 mark, even as education officials planned to administer university entrance exams to over 1 million students. Iran’s surging cases came as President Trump threatened to use a procedural maneuver to reimpose United Nations sanctions against Iran, something that European powers insist the U.S. doesn’t have the authority to do.

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