Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani criticized the US administration for additional sanctions against Tehran over the ongoing street protests in the Islamic republic.
"The government of [President] Joe Biden continues its bankrupt policy of exerting maximum pressure on Iran while managing to shed crocodile tears over the fate of the rioters," said the diplomat, quoted by IRNA.
Kanani stressed that "allies and defenders of terrorists in the West should shut their mouths and think about the accumulated crises that their own people suffer from."
On Wednesday, the US imposed sanctions on Iran's Imen Sanat Zaman Farah, a company that makes armored vehicles, and several individuals because of the situation with the protests in Iran. In a statement posted on the US Department of Treasury's website, it said the restrictions affected Iranian Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri. The list also included Deputy Coordinator of the Basij Hossein Maroufi and Chief of the Basij Cyberspace headquarters Moslem Moein.
As IRNA notes, the US sanctions this time were timed to coincide with the ancient Iranian holiday of Shab-e Yalda, celebrated on the longest night of the year at the time of the winter solstice.
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Based on materials from TASS