No reason for "anxiety" over possible Iran-linked sanctions against Russian firms

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No reason for "anxiety" over possible Iran-linked sanctions against Russian firms - U.S. diplomat

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MOSCOW. Aug 17 (Interfax) - U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman has advised against creating any "anxiety" over Washington's possible application of sanctions to Russian companies for cooperation with Iran.

"Well, I know that the United States has not sanctioned a single Russian company during the years of sanction enforcement. And that is because there have been a basis to do so," Sherman told Interfax.

"So, I think that the Russian concern that was addressed in your recent press in response to the legislation just passed by the U.S. Congress, there is really no track record to create that anxiety among Russian companies," the U.S. diplomat said.