US government imposes financial sanctions on Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as part of its escalating campaign of pressure against Tehran
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif takes take part in a High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at United Nations headquarters in New York, US on July 17, 2019.
The US government is imposing financial sanctions on Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, as part of its escalating campaign of pressure against Iran. The White House announced that the sanctions freeze any assets of Zarif in the United States or controlled by US entities.The highly unusual action of penalising the top diplomat of another nation comes a month after President Donald Trump signed an executive order placing sanctions on Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Zarif said in a tweet later on Wednesday that the US sanctioned him because he is a threat to its agenda.Is the truth really that painful?Thank you for considering me such a huge threat to your agenda.Zarif met earlier this month with Republican Sen. Rand Paul, a Trump ally, about potentially opening a back channel for restarting nuclear talks between the two countries.
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