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Iran has not said how or whether it would retaliate.
The United Nations Security Council reimposed harsh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
The U.N. sanctions are more sweeping than the current American sanctions against Iran.
The new sanctions freeze assets and ban travel for a range of Iranian entities and individuals.
The biggest threat to the Fed’s independence is a sustained attempt to remake that committee which would likely take more than one presidential term to accomplish.
It’s the first since the president tried to fire a Fed governor, Lisa Cook.
The ruling by the federal appeals court on Monday cleared up much of the uncertainty surrounding her status as a governor while her case against Mr. Trump is being litigated.
Lisa Cook has spent the past several days defending her right to participate after taking President Trump to court for trying to oust her.
Mr. Trump has already hinted that he could also look to install Mr. Miran in another Fed position.
Mr. Miran served at the Treasury Department during Mr. Trump’s first term.
Mr. Miran wrote a contentious report known as the Mar-a-Lago Accord.
Mr. Miran said he planned to take only a leave of absence from his advisory post.
Mr. Miran could wind up serving at the central bank well beyond the scheduled end of his short term.
Mr. Trump tapped him to a Fed seat that was created last month after the sudden departure of a governor, Adriana D. Kugler.
Republicans swiftly approved Mr. Miran on a 48-47 vote, largely along party lines.
Mr. Miran has served as the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
The Senate voted to install one of President Trump’s top economic advisers at the central bank.
Senate Republicans confirmed President Trump’s nomination of Stephen Miran, a top White House economic adviser, as a governor for the Federal Reserve on Monday.
In 1987 and 1988, the United States destroyed offshore oil platforms and Iranian naval vessels and then mistakenly shot down an Iranian passenger plane.
Iran interpreted those acts as the opening salvos of an undeclared war.
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