Lie August 19, 2020 · Press conference · Foreign policy

“I imposed the toughest-ever sanctions on Iran, and this has caused great difficulty for them giving money to terrorist organizations.”

Said
August 19, 2020
Where
News conference
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Foreign policy
Repeated
76 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 20931)

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