Washington: The US has announced fresh sanctions against Iran’s energy sector, news agencies reported.
The US warned firms against dealing with Tehran’s banks.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “The message is clear”. She said that If Iran’s intransigence continues it would face increasing pressure and isolation. “Today the United States is taking a series of steps to sharpen this choice,” she added.
Clinton, unveiling what she called a ‘significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran,’ said the United States was targeting Iran’s energy sector directly for the first time.
“Recent days have brought new evidence that Iran’s leaders have continued to defy their international obligations,” she said, referring to the strongest report yet from the UN’s nuclear watchdog on Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Detailing sanctions against goods, services and technologies for the vital petrochemical sector, Clinton said ‘there have to be consequences of such behavior.’
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