Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: At midnight last night, the U.S. reimposed some of the economic sanctions on Iran that it had lifted after the 2015 nuclear deal. As part of that deal, Iran agreed to limits on its nuclear program. But President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the deal in May. And now his administration is warning other countries that trading with Iran could keep them from doing business with the U.S. NPR's Peter Kenyon has been following the Iran nuclear deal for years, and he joins us now from Istanbul. Good morning, Peter. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Hi, Noel. KING: All right, so what were these sanctions on Iran that were imposed at midnight? KENYON: Well, they cover several different areas. Bringing U.S. dollars into Iran could be sanctioned or spending large amounts of Iranian money outside Iran. Then there's sanctions on gold and copper, steel, coal, the automotive sector, all the way down to pistachios and Persian carpets. This is all part of
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