Trump slaps new U.S. sanctions on Iran's metals industry

The announcement was made on the anniversary of Trump's unilateral withdrawal of the United States from a 2015 landmark deal between Tehran and world powers to curb its nuclear program in exchange for easing some sanctions and hours after Tehran said it would no longer fully comply with the accord. Tensions were already high between Washington and Tehran when the Trump administration said last weekend that it was deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East, in response to what it said were "troubling indications and warnings" from Iran. Before Trump's executive order for the sanctions, a senior White House official said Washington would impose more economic curbs on Tehran 'very soon' and had warned Europe to stop doing business with the Islamic Republic.

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