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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R) addresses a press briefing at the White House in Washington D.C. Jan. 10, 2020. The U.S. government said Friday that it has imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, days after Iran's missile attacks targeting U.S. forces in Iraq. The latest move included sanctions on metal manufacturing and other sectors of the Iranian economy, Mnuchin told reporters at the press briefing, noting that the sanctions are both primary and secondary in nature. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)