Trump announces new Iran sanctions after Saudi attack

US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on the National Bank of Iran.

“These are the highest sanctions that have ever been imposed on this country,” Trump told reporters.

Answering a question about possible military measures against Iran, the American leader said that the United States is "always ready".

In turn, the Minister of Finance Stephen Mnuchin said that the National Bank was the "last source of funds" for Tehran.

Several factories of the Saudi state oil and gas company Saudi Aramco were attacked by drones on September 14, after which the kingdom was forced to cut its oil production by more than half.

Despite the responsibility for the attack, the Hussite Yemeni insurgents, who were fought by the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia, took charge of Riyadh and Washington with Tehran. In Iran, they called it a lie. The government stressed that attacks on oil facilities harm the entire region, and noted that such allegations are traditional for the United States and are not surprising.

Despite the lack of evidence of Iran’s involvement in the attack, Trump instructed to significantly tighten sanctions against Tehran.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/politics/trump-announces-iran-sanctions/index.html

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Anaita Andikkhou