it would make sure rural families and students stay connected to work school and community "during this period of economic turmoil..."

Klobuchar's office said the bill is backed by NTCA—the Rural Broadband Association, WTA – Advocates for Rural Broadband, Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA), the Minnesota Telecommunications Alliance, and the Broadband Association of North Dakota.

ACA Connects, which represents smaller operators, said Tuesday (March 24) that its members have taken numerous steps to keep its customers connected during the coronavirus crisis, including some who are providing "60 days of free standard high-speed Internet service and free installation to any home that is the primary home of a student in kindergarten through high school, in technical school, in college or in graduate school."

“ACA Connects supports the approach taken by Sens.Iran and the US, but rather one that will be concluded with the participation of five other countries, including all permanent members of the Security Council, and will also be endorsed by a Security Council resolution.”

But Iran has been found to be in violation of terms of 2231 by the United Nations.

Iran is prohibited by Resolution 2231, from “the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms” to other nations and groups until 2020. The resolution also prohibited Iran from the sale or transfer of ballistic missiles until 2023.

In January of last year, a United Nations panel found that Iran had violated a UN arms embargo on the Houthi rebels in Yemen. If Iran was shipping arms to any party it was also violating 2231.

So for Zarif