The true aim of the measures is to cripple Iran’s economic development, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has said

Tehran has condemned the latest US sanctions on its oil shipping network. Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has accused Washington of trying to cripple Iran’s economic development and harm its people.

The US Treasury on Wednesday sanctioned more than 100 individuals, companies, and vessels it claimed are part of a “shipping empire” run by trader Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, the son of a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Washington alleged that Shamkhani and his network have illegally…

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