Trump is sending a message to Iran with new sanctions on its foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif:
ARUTZ SHEVA – The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
“Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran’s Supreme Leader, and is the regime’s primary spokesperson around the world,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
“The United States is sending a clear message to the Iranian regime that its recent behavior is completely unacceptable,” he added.
Zarif oversees a Foreign Ministry that has “coordinated with one of the Iranian regime’s most nefarious state entities, the IRGC-Qods Force (IRGC-QF), which is designated pursuant to terrorism and human rights authorities,” said a statement from the Treasury Department.
Zarif has already responded on Twitter, wearing it as a badge of honor:
The US' reason for designating me is that I am Iran's "primary spokesperson around the world"
Is the truth really that painful?
It has no effect on me or my family, as I have no property or interests outside of Iran.
Thank you for considering me such a huge threat to your agenda.— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) July 31, 2019
You can read the full release by the Treasury Department at the link below:
Treasury designates Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif for acting for the Supreme Leader of Iran https://t.co/FEaxRqmpNQ
— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) July 31, 2019