January 9, 2022

Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday blacklisted 51 more U.S. individuals for their "roles" in the 2020 assassination of former Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani.

In a statement, the ministry said the new list of sanctioned U.S. individuals, including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, is in line with implementing Iran's law on "combating human rights violations and the adventurous and terrorist acts of the United States in the region."

In a similar move announced a year ago, Iran imposed sanctions on former U.S. President Donald Trump, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and several other senior U.S. officials.

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