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Tehran (Iran), Jan 19: Iran on Tuesday imposed sanctions on President Donald Trump and a number of members of his administration over their alleged role in support of “terrorism,” according to its foreign ministry website.
Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that besides Trump, sanctions were imposed on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, CIA chief Gina Haspel and six other ranking US officials.
The foreign ministry did not say what kind of sanctions were imposed.
From time to time, Iran impose symbolic sanctions on US officials. Tuesday’s announcement comes on Trump’s last full day in office.
Khatibzadeh said the sanctions were based on…