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1 South Korea has asked the United States to lift sanctions on camera equipment for North Korea that it says could be used to conduct video reunions for family separated by the Korean War.

韩国要求美国解除对朝鲜摄像设备的制裁。韩国说，这些设备可能被用来为朝鲜战争离散的家庭进行视频团聚。

lift sanctions on 解除对....的制裁

2 The United Nations has already waived its sanctions on the equipment. Video conferencing has been used in the past to connect elderly relatives separated by the conflict on the Korean Peninsula, which began in the early 1950s.

联合国已经放弃了对这些设备的制裁。朝鲜半岛冲突始于上世纪50年代初，那时候视频聚会被用来使因朝鲜半岛冲突而离散的老年亲属们团聚。

waived its sanctions on 放弃了对...的制裁

Korean Peninsula 朝鲜半岛

3 The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been greeted by his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih at the presidential palace in Baghdad.

伊朗总统哈桑·鲁哈尼在巴格达总统府受到伊拉克总统巴哈姆·萨利赫的欢迎。

presidential palace  总统府

Baghdad  /'bæɡdæd/ 巴格达（伊拉克首都）

4 It marks the start of Mr. Hassan's first visit to Iran's neighbor since he took office five years ago.

这是哈桑自五年前上任以来首次访问伊朗。

take office 就职

5 Iraq is under pressure by the United States to limit its ties with the Iranian government. Before he left Tehran, Mr. Rouhani criticized American intervention in the Middle East.

伊拉克受到美国的压力，要求其限制与伊朗政府的关系。在离开德黑兰之前，鲁哈尼批评美国干预中东事务。

is under pressure by ...受到某人的压力

limit its ties with the Iranian government 其限制与伊朗政府的关系

Tehran/tεə'ræn; -rɑ:n/德黑兰