Iran-US tensions escalate as Trump imposes new sanctions
2019-05-09 10:00:26 source：The Aljazeera
May 9, 2019
The United States announced harsh new sanctions on Iran as tensions surge between the decades-long rivals.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Wednesday to sanction Iran's steel, aluminium, copper and iron sectors, which provide crucial foreign currency earnings for its crippled economy. Trump also threatened further action unless Tehran "fundamentally" changed its behaviour.
The move came after Tehran earlier said it was quitting parts of the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers, which Washington abandoned in 2018 and ignited the current crisis.
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