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US imposes sanctions over Iran’s ballistic missile programme

The sanctions come as Washington and Tehran are negotiating for a return to the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear deal [File: Lisi Niesner/Reuters]

The United States has imposed sanctions on several entities it says are involved in obtaining supplies for Iran’s ballistic missile programme.

In a statement on Wednesday, the US Treasury Department said the sanctions target an Iran-based procurement agent, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, and his network of companies that it accused of procuring “ballistic missile propellant-related materials”.

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