US sanctions 13 entities on pretext of supporting Iran's missile program
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File Photo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
The United States has sanctioned 13 foreign entities and individuals in various countries on the pretext of supporting Iran's missile program.
Iran Press/America: The US State Department announced on Tuesday that Washington was imposing sanctions on 13 foreign entities and individuals in China, Iraq, Russia, and Turkey on the pretext of supporting Iran’s missile program.
It added the action included new sanctions against five firms or individuals in China and Turkey, Reuters reported.
It named a Chinese individual sanctioned as Luo Dingwen and three Chinese entities as Baoding Shimaotong Enterprises Services Co. Ltd., Gaobeidian Kaituo Precise Instrument Co. Ltd., and Wuhan Sanjiang Import and Export Co. Ltd.
It also named the Turkish firm as Eren Carbon Graphite Industrial Trading Co. Ltd.
In 2018, US President Donald Trump withdrew unilaterally from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and re-imposed sanctions on Tehran.
The US continues to exert pressure on the Iranian people and deprive Iran of ways of paying the cost of this medicine and limit the use of available financial resources.
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