ANSD : U.S. sanctions Iranians it says assisted Houthis

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Date: May 23, 2018
Source: The Daily Star

U.S. sanctions Iranians it says assisted Houthis

_Reuters
WASHINGTON / BEIRUT: The United States Tuesday imposed sanctions on five Iranians it said had provided Yemen’s Houthis with expertise and weaponry that were then used to launch missiles at cities and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.

In a statement, the U.S. Treasury named the individuals as Mehdi Azarpisheh, Mohammad Jafari, Mahmud Kazemabad, Javad Shir Amin and Sayyed Mohammad Tehrani. It said the first four individuals had worked with the Houthis through Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp, while Tehrani had helped with the financing of the IRGC.

Senior Iranian military and political figures queued up Tuesday to issue defiant statements against the U.S. threat of “the strongest sanctions in history” and told European powers to step up and salvage its international nuclear deal – though Germany signaled there was only so much it could do to fend off Washington’s economic clout.

“The people of Iran should stand united in the face of this and they will deliver a strong punch to the mouth of the American Secretary of State and anyone who backs them,” Ismail Kowsari, a senior commander with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said, according to the Iranian Labor News Agency.

The head of Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy committee said the only way to save the nuclear deal would be for the European signatories to stand up to the U.S. “Today they must show their strength in the face of American pressure,” Alaeddin Borujerdi said, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency.

Asked how the German government could assist German firms feeling nervous in the wake of the U.S. decision, economy minister Peter Altmaier said Berlin would help them assess the situation and developments while also urging the U.S. to grant exemptions and deadline extensions.

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