US announces new Iran sanctions and claims it is enforcing UN arms embargo
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#58CY1)
Trump administration targets Iranian officials and demands EU powers follow suit
The US has slapped a raft of new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear weapons programme, claiming it is enforcing a UN arms embargo - and demanded that the European Union follows suit.
The Trump administration on Monday named 27 individuals and entities, including officials at the Iranian ministry of defence, nuclear scientists, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and anyone found trading in conventional weapons with Iran.
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