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Iran imposes sanctions on 24 Americans as nuclear talks stall

All people named were officials in ex-President Donald Trump’s administration

Published: Sat 9 Apr 2022, 8:08 PM

Updated: Sat 9 Apr 2022, 8:09 PM

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Former US President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. - Reuters

Former US President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. - Reuters

Iran said on Saturday it had imposed sanctions on 24 more Americans, including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled.

Almost all the people named were officials who served during Trump’s administration, which imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, politicians and companies and withdrew the United States from Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers.

In a statement carried by local media, the Iranian Foreign Ministry accused the sanctioned Americans - who also included several business figures and politicians - of supporting "groups” against Iran, and other “repressive acts” in the region.

Eleven months of indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Vienna on salvaging the 2015 deal have stalled as both sides say political decisions are required by Tehran and Washington to settle the remaining issues.

The sanctions let Iranian authorities seize any assets held by the individuals in Iran, but the apparent absence of such assets means the move will likely be symbolic.

Gen. Austin Scott Miller, former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, former U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and several former ambassadors are among the officials targeted by the new Iranian sanctions.



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