“U.S. sanctions an insult to world order”

The businesses include several banks as well as mining, industrial and trade companies.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi as calling the new sanctions “cruel and unfair.” The U.S. has steadily restored sanctions on Iran following President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear accord in May. Next month the U.S. plans to impose sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas industry. Iran is already in the grip of an economic crisis, and has seen sporadic protests in recent months. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a tweet that the U.S. is targeting banks that facilitate the import of medicine and food. “US addiction to sanctions is out of control,” he tweeted.