The Allen County Sheriff’s Department says Corporal Ben Fries, whom the sheriff had recommended be terminated over what he called “grossly inappropriate” comments, has resigned from the force.

Medication prices are soaring in Iran and some treatments have become hard to find, leaving patients and their families scrambling as a U.S. blockade and stepped-up sanctions squeeze the country’s pharmaceuticals industry.

U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein and departed in 2011. They returned in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group.

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