Biden sanctions Iran former President Ahmadinejad after prisoner swap

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46% : US President Joe Biden speaks during an event celebrating the lowering of drug pricing in the East Room of the White House on August 29, 2023 in Washington DC, United States [Nathan Posner - Anadolu Agency]Fresh off a prisoner swap between Washington and Tehran, US President Joe Biden announced, on Monday, new sanctions against a former Iranian president and the country's Intelligence Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports.
39% : "And we will continue to impose costs on Iran for their provocative actions in the region.
33% : In the statement, Biden also urged American passport holders not to travel to Iran.
30% : "The news came after Biden said five innocent Americans were "finally coming home" in a swap deal after being imprisoned in Iran.
25% : Today, we are sanctioning former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence under the Levinson Act for their involvement in wrongful detentionsBiden said in a statement.
25% : "As we celebrate the return of these Americans, we also remember those who did not return," he said, calling on Iran to "give a full account of what happened to Bob Levinson," a former FBI agent who disappeared on Iran's Kish Island in 2011 and later died in custody in Iran, according to the US government.

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