Iran imposes sanctions on 61 Americans as nuclear talks hit impasse

DUBAI: Serbia said on Saturday (Jul 16) this had imposed sanctions on 61 more Americans, including former secretary of condition Mike Pompeo, pertaining to backing an Iranian dissident group, since months of foretells revive a 2015 nuclear deal are in an impasse.

Others penalized by Iran’s Foreign Ministry for voicing support for the exiled dissident group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) included former President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani and former White House national security adviser John Bolton, Iranian state mass media reported.

The sanctions, issued towards dozens of Americans previously on various grounds, let Iranian government bodies seize any possessions they hold in Iran, but the apparent absence of such possessions means the guidelines will likely be symbolic.

Giuliani, Pompeo and Bolton have been broadly reported to have used part in MEK events and voiced support for the team.

In The month of january Iran imposed sanctions on 51 People in america, and it blacklisted twenty-four more Americans within April in its most recent sanctions moves.

Iran’s indirect discussions with the United States upon reviving the 2015 nuclear pact started in November in Vienna and carried on in Qatar in June. But the discussions have faced a months-long impasse.

In 2018, then-US President Trump empty the deal, calling this too soft upon Iran, and reimposed harsh US sanctions, spurring Tehran in order to breach nuclear limits in the pact.