FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration imposed new sanctions against 11 firms and individuals for allegedly aiding Tehran’s ballistic missile program and helping it to conduct cyberattacks and support terrorism, the U.S. Treasury said Thursday [9-14-17].
The new sanctions come as the administration is set to waive sanctions related to the 2015 international nuclear agreement. The new sanctions allow Washington to keep a modicum of economic pressure on Iran despite reluctantly keeping a landmark 2015 nuclear deal in place for now.
Those added to the sanctions list include an engineering company working with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and two Ukrainian airline firms. Iran has denounced
The latest sanctions allow the administration to register its displeasure with Iran for pursuing a ballistic missile program and aiding proxies in the region’s conflicts while allowing the nuclear deal to remain in place in keeping with the strong preference of European allies…
Speaking earlier in London, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said U.S. criticism of Iran’s activities go beyond its nuclear program.”
-Ian Talley, “U.S. Treasury Adds 11 New Entities and Individuals to Iran Sanctions List,” The Wall Street Journal online, Sept. 14, 2017 01:59pm