Fresh tension in Iran-US relations after new sanctions threat

January 01, 2016 03:54

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has denounced possible new sanctions by the United States on his country which, if enacted, could jeopardise a hard-won nuclear deal due to be finally implemented.

In a letter to his defence minister, Rouhani said reports that the US Treasury planned to blacklist companies and individuals with ties to Iran's ballistic missile programme constituted 'hostile and illegal interventions' that justified a response.

His comments came as relations worsened after US defence officials said an Iranian vessel had test-fired several rockets near three Western warships, including the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. AFP

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