Tehran, Iran, Feb. 6
By Mehid Sepahvand, Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran will impose sanctions on US individuals and entities which support the Daesh terrorist group (the Islamic State, ISIS aka ISIL), Bahram Qasemi, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said.
He made the remarks while commenting about the recent sanctions imposed by US against the Islamic Republic over its missile program during a press conference in Tehran on Feb. 6, Trend's correspondent reported from the event.
Iran is preparing the list of US entities to sanctions and will publish it soon, Qasemi said.
He further said that the Islamic Republic’s missile program is about Iran and its people, not others.
Qasemi said that Iran does not care about US threats, adding that Iran’s recent missile tests not meant to test the new US administration.
“We do our job based on the scheduled plan,” he said, adding that there is no need to test the US recent president Donald Trump as Iran has a clear understanding of the counter side.
The US has imposed fresh sanctions on Iran as President Trump shows to have been infuriated by Tehran’s missile program after warning the Islamic Republic that it is “playing with fire.”
In a statement on Feb. 3, the Treasury Department published a list of 13 individuals and 12 entities facing new restrictions. The entities include companies based in Tehran, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and China.
Iran test-fired a ballistic missile on Jan. 29, capable of carrying a 500-kilogram payload with a range of 300 kilometers, according to US officials.
Iran has confirmed the test without unveiling further details.
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