Top Trump administration officials announced a slate of punitive measures intended to add teeth to its attempt to reimpose international sanctions on Iran — a diplomatic maneuver dismissed by much of the global community as illegal and ineffective
Top Trump administration officials on Monday announced a slate of punitive measures intended to add teeth to the administration’s attempt to reimpose international sanctions on Iran — a diplomatic maneuver dismissed by much of the global community as illegal and ineffective.
Pompeo went on to announce the “first action under this new executive order”: U.S. sanctions targeting Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics, as well as Venezuala's strongman president, Nicolás Maduro — whom Pomepo accused officials in Tehran of working with to flout U.N. punishments.
“When the United States entered into the failed Iran nuclear deal, the Obama administration told the American people that the United States would always have the right to restore U.N. sanctions on Iran, even without the approval of other nations,” he said. “That provision was key to obtaining the United States approval for the JCPOA. President Trump is now exercising our rights to protect America and our allies.
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