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QUESTION: You were asked yesterday about the letter that Chairman Royce sent.

MS. HARF: I now have the letter right here.

QUESTION: So do you have something to say about it?

MS. HARF: We will be responding, as we do to letters from Congress, but it’s in general all about the issue I addressed yesterday that Scott asked about. We don’t have any indication that Russia and Iran are moving forward or close to consummating any kind of oil-for-goods deal. We know they’ve talked about it. They’ve also come out publicly and said that they’re not moving forward with it right now. So nothing to indicate that this is actually getting close to completion. And I’m sure we’ll respond.

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MS. HARF: But in terms of in general, we – I know there have been a variety of press reports and some discussions between officials between the two countries, but – and we’ve been very clear with both sides that this could be sanctionable.

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