Start of WW3? Trump imposes sanctions on nuclear power Iran and deploys US Navy warship
THE United States has imposed sanctions on Iran and placed a US Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen just days after Tehran tested a ballistic missile.
By KATIE MANSFIELD
Express.co.uk
Fri, Feb 3, 2017
The United States sanctioned 13 individuals and 12 companies under US Iran sanctions authority, days after the White House had put Iran “on notice” over a ballistic missile test and other activities.
In a statement on its website, the US Treasury listed the sanctioned individuals and entities, some of which are based in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and China.
The sanctions also include members of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard Corps.
The US Treasury said the sanctions are part of the Treasury’s “ongoing efforts to counter Iranian malign activity abroad” that is outside the scope of the 2015 nuclear deal.
It said in a statement that the sanctions were “fully consistent” with US commitments under the Iran nuclear deal reached in 2015, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Earlier today President Donald Trump warned: “Iran is playing with fire – they don’t appreciate how ‘kind’ President Obama was to them. Not me!”
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