A Shahab-3 long range missile is displayed during a rally marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on June 23, 2017.
WASHINGTON, July 18, 2017 — While Trump administration allows the nuclear deal to continue, its review of Iran policy continues too.
The Trump administration is slapping new sanctions on 18 Iranian individuals, groups and networks over non-nuclear behavior such as support for ballistic missiles development.
The move comes the day after the administration certified to Congress that Iran is technically complying with the nuclear deal and can continue enjoying nuclear sanctions relief.
The Treasury Department is targeting seven groups and five people that aided Iran’s military or its elite Revolutionary Guard. The sanctions also target what the U.S. says is a transnational criminal group based in Iran and three people associated with it.
The State Department is also targeting two more groups associated with Iran’s ballistic missiles program.
The sanctions freeze any assets the targets may have in the U.S. and prevent Americans from doing business with them.
The sanctions freeze any assets the targets may have in the U.S. and prevent Americans from doing business with them.
Senior U.S. officials say while the Trump administration is certifying to Congress for a second time that Iran is technically complying with the 2015 nuclear deal, it also insists that Iran is “unquestionably in default of the spirit” of the agreement.
The administration had faced a midnight deadline to say whether Iran was complying. The decision preserves the status quo even though President Donald Trump says it’s a bad deal that mustn’t stand as is.
Officials say they’re working to address the deal’s flaws and to punish Tehran for troublesome non-nuclear behavior.
Officials say they’re working to address the deal’s flaws and to punish Tehran for troublesome non-nuclear behavior.
Source: extracted from AP
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