US faces sanctions on Iran's foreign minister

US faces sanctions on Iran's foreign minister
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US faces sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the White House announces on Wednesday. The decision comes at a time when relations between the countries are very strained.




The Foreign Minister comments on the incident on Twitter, saying that the sanctions will not affect him very much because he does not own any assets outside Iran.
"The reason the United States is pointing me out is because I am Iran's foremost spokesman around the world," Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted.
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement that Javad Zarif is spreading the Iranian regime's propaganda, and is the country's leading spokesperson
"The United States sends a clear message to the Iranian regime that recent action is completely unacceptable," says Steven Mnuchin.
The Washington Post writes that as early as June, the White House planned to freeze Javad Zarif's possible assets in connection with the imposition of sanctions on Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei. At that time, the Foreign Ministry should have abolished sanctions against Iran's foreign minister for the reason that it would hamper the possibility of diplomatic talks between the countries.
Iran warned to withdraw from agreement
The US-Iran tone is currently very tight, especially given recent attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that the US is accusing Iran of being behind.
Moreover, the sanctions will come on the same day that Zarif warned that Iran will continue to deviate from its commitments under the JCPOA nuclear agreement - unless the European signatories protect the country from US sanctions.
In the current circumstances, and if Europeans do nothing, we will take another step, he told state-run Iranian television.
Increased enrichment rate
Iran has previously increased its enrichment rate above the threshold set in the JCPOA, which was originally concluded with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, the EU and Germany.
Zarif was one of the key people in the negotiations with the United States on the 2015 nuclear energy agreement.
The regime in Tehran has also threatened, like the US that withdrew from the agreement last year, to abandon the agreement completely.
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have called on Iran to fulfill its commitments.