US sanctions five Iranians

World Tuesday 22/May/2018 20:55 PM
By: Times News Service
US sanctions five Iranians

Washington: The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on five Iranians.
In a statement, the US Treasury named the individuals as Mehdi Azarpisheh, Mohammad Jafari, Mahmud Kazemabad, Javad Shir Amin, and Sayyed Mohammad Tehrani.
The fresh sanctions, part of President Donald Trump's pledge to economically suffocate Iran in hopes of hampering the country's development of nuclear weapons.