Senior U.S. congressional Republicans said on Thursday they would support new sanctions on Iran, backing up President Donald Trump's aggressive posture toward Tehran including his security adviser's statement it was "on notice" for test-firing a ballistic missile. Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said he would support more sanctions and that the U.S. should stop "appeasing" Iran. "I would be in favour of additional sanctions on Iran," Ryan told reporters at a weekly press conference. I think the last administration appeased Iran far too much," he said. "The administration, thankfully, is going to follow through on appropriately holding Iran accountable for the violations that are taking place," he told Reuters.

Source: CBC News February 02, 2017 22:02 UTC