Trump calls on republics to add Iran to Russian sanctions bill

The Russian sanctions bill was the idea of former Senator Lindsay Graham, prior to his recent death.

It was intended to strike Moscow with mandatory sanctions and expand the American government's ability to penalise countries buying the country's oil.

The White House said earlier that the scope of the bill could be expanded to include Iran or its representative, Hezbollah - something Trump now seems to support.

Tehran has put strong pressure on the removal of sanctions against him, as his economy remains in serious trouble.

Things got so worse at the beginning of the year that a large number of people took to the streets to protest, leading to the violent crackdown of the Iranian government, killing thousands of people. /Periscope/