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The USA has re-imposed tough economic sanctions on Iran. The U.S. Secretary of State Iran that it would subject to "relentless" pressure unless it its "revolutionary course". The Trump administration all sanctions that were in 2015 as a result of the Iranian nuclear deal. Most of the sanctions target core parts of Iran's economy. The U.S. Treasury the new penalties as, "the toughest U.S. sanctions ever on Iran". It added they would, " critical sectors of Iran's economy, such as the energy, shipping and shipbuilding, and financial sectors". It : "The USA is in a campaign of maximum financial pressure on the Iranian regime."

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani a defiant tone in the face of the renewed sanctions. He his government: "We will proudly the sanctions." Rouhani the administration of President Donald Trump as, "a throwback to the era of Bush junior and a repeat of the same statements as 2003". He said: "The era of such statements has and the Iranian people have these statements hundreds of times, and no longer attention." The Al Jazeera news agency said the sanctions a backward step. It wrote: "With one Trump signature, the goodwill that had been between Iranians and the rest of the world in a matter of months."