NewsTracker Answers for week of July 24, 2017

Q: President Donald Trump's administration declared that Iran was complying with its nuclear agreement with world powers, but it was planning new economic sanctions over Iran’s missile program. Where is Iran?

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Q: The deal with the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany was aimed at preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon in exchange for relief from sanctions. In Iran’s capital, its president said new sanctions would violate the agreement. What is the capital of Iran?

A. Baghdad

B. Karachi

C. Riyadh

D. Tehran

D. Tehran is the capital and largest city with 15 million people in its metropolitan area. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country would resist new sanctions, and the nation’s parliament is considering increasing spending for the missile program.

Q: The U.S. Congress aims to tie sanctions against Iran to sanctions against what other nation?

A. China

B. Cuba

C. Russia

D. Syria

C. A weeks-long impasse over imposing new financial sanctions on Iran and Russia was broken last week, with the House prepared to vote on a bill that would prevent President Trump from lifting measures against Moscow. The bill also included sanctions aimed at freezing North Korea’s nuclear program.

Q: Trump’s first foreign visit as president was to Iran’s biggest rival . . .

A. Iraq

B. Israel

C. Pakistan

D. Saudi Arabia

D. During his visit to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Trump urged a meeting of Arab leaders to help isolate Iran and, just days after Iranians reelected moderate President Rouhani, to “pray for the day when the Iranian people have the just and righteous government they so richly deserve.”

Q: Iran and Russia have supported the same side in which conflict?

A. Syria

B. Ukraine

C. Yemen

D. All of the above

A. Both Iran and Russia have supported the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in the civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions more.