Iran denounces new US sanctions as ‘sign of hostility’

Iran condemns a new round of US sanctions as a “clear sign of hostility” after Washington blacklisted more than 30 people and vessels linked to its oil trade.

Washington announced the measures on Monday, targeting the head of the national oil company and others accused of brokering oil sales. It was the second wave of sanctions in less than a month since US President Donald Trump reinstated his “maximum pressure” policy on Tehran.

The sanctions are a “clear sign of the hostility of American policymakers towards the welfare, development, and happiness of the great people of Iran,” says foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei.

In a statement, he calls the measures a “wrongful, unjustified, illegitimate act that violates the human rights of the Iranian people.”