US imposes fresh sanctions on Iran over apparent nuclear escalations
Blinken says Tehran has expanded uranium enrichment project βin ways that have no credible peaceful purposeβ
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has announced fresh sanctions against Iranβs petroleum sector in response to what he described as an expansion of the countryβs nuclear programme which has provoked renewed fears that it is preparing to build an atomic bomb.
The embargoes β on three unnamed entities involved in the transport of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products β were announced amid a chorus of warnings of a renewed conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iranβs proxy Hezbollah, the powerful Shia group that dominates Lebanon.
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