Ileana Ros Lehtinen is the ranking committee Republican "It should be clear that unless we impose the maximum pressure on Iran, and this bill is a major step forward in that direction, the regime will continue its march toward acquiring nuclear weapons, dominating the Persian Gulf, and expanding its network of radical militants around the world,".

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Persian ( 16 March), Cambodian ( 21 April) and Hindu New Year (2 November) workshops are also scheduled.

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The service members were seized from their boat in the Persian Gulf on March 23.

NPR: Standoff Over, What's Next for Iran and the West?

And in March, British sailors seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf were released after some of them made comments on television.

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