President Trump struck back Monday at Iran by issuing “hard-hitting” financial sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates.
“Today’s action follows a series of aggressive behaviors by the Iranian regime in recent weeks including shooting down a U.S. drone,” the president said in the Oval Office, calling Khamenei “responsible for the hostile conduct of the regime.”
Trump said the sanctions “will deny the supreme leader and the supreme leader’s office and those closely affiliated with him and the office access to key financial resources and support.” Speaking to reporters in the White House briefing room Monday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the sanctions “lock up literally billions of dollars more of assets.”
“Along with that action today, we are also announcing specific actions targeting those responsible for recent activities,” Mnuchin said, adding that the president has instructed him to sanction Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif “later this week.”
The Treasury Department, in a news release, said “any foreign financial institution that knowingly facilitates a significant financial transaction for entities designated under this Executive Order could be cut off from the U.S. financial system.”
Amid the newly announced sanctions, Fox News has confirmed that the U.S. military also carried out a cyberattack against Iran last Thursday even as the president nixed plans for airstrikes in response to the downing of an American drone.
Sources said U.S. Cyber Command launched the cyberattack targeting the Iranian intelligence and radar installations used to down the U.S. Navy drone last week.
Fox News has learned Iran shut off some of its military radar sites around the time the U.S. was poised to launch retaliatory strikes. It’s not clear if those radar sites were turned off by the cyberattack or if Iran shut them off deliberately in anticipation of this.
Yahoo! News first reported on the retaliatory cyber strike. It came as the White House and Pentagon were also considering military strikes, but Trump revealed last Friday that he called them off after learning up to 150 Iranians could be killed.
The leadership of Iran needs to be rubbed out.
@Deplorable Me:The CIA still wants the leadership they are responsible for.
http://www.history.com/…/cia-assisted-coup-overthrows-government-of-iran
Flopping Aces: what have you guys done, drawn the attention of Media Matters or something? It appears you’ve struck a liberal nerve somewhere; liberals are coming out of the woodwork with this infringement crap.
@Art Howell:
No matter how many names you post under (the moderator should block your IP) you remain the same uninformed jerk.
The link still gives Fox the clicks it desires, facebook, twitter and flipboard have share symbols at the top of the article, Mr Howell should go back to Gilligans island.
Sanctions are better than bombs.
@retire05: @kitt:
Really crazy that this guy is such a loser that he spends his time commenting with different names and different IP’s….typical leftist.
@Deplorable Me: Just one idiot who can’t comprehend what the Most Wanted section is compared to original articles that are written. Boggles my mind how ignorant some people are.
@Curt: He could be taking his frustration on losing twice in the SCOTUS out on you. The Cross Stays for our vets, RBG can kiss my butt! The Supreme Court is rejecting an early challenge to President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs on imported steel based on national security concerns.
@Curt: No one takes credit for anyone else’s work, no one claims they formulated the ideas, except when there are no links to the actual article, yet the whining continues. Frankly, I prefer the debates with opposing points of view; I wish they could be adult about it.
But, alas…
It seems to them, when the points cannot be argued, the messenger is always attacked.
The lib obviously wants a war with Iran one moron who thinks Curt is a Fox contributor just will never get it, we win, you lose, no matter what name you use. Off to the next Mc Donalds or Starbucks for your new identity.
@Carol Pola: You are ignorant of the way posting is done on the site, If I posted an article taken off Epoch it might say “by kitt”, . You are an annoying little turd but not alone, in 2017 records showed that 92 percent of leftist activists who were arrested in Berlin still live with their parents, and what’s more, a third are completely unemployed.
Everyone that is familiar with this site knows They are posted articles and who posts them.
Comment on the posting or go get your mommy to nuke you some Hot Pockets or pizza rolls.
@Carol Pola: You people need to figure out what the discussion is about. It’s NOT about how the information is used; it’s about the INFORMATION. What we see demonstrated here is the left whining because they can’t dispute the point that Trump is effective.
@kitt:
I figured it out the instant I clicked on “Read more” the first time. But, you know how serious these liberals who support open borders, illegal immigration, sanctuary cities and thwarting ICE from doing their job and removing criminal illegal immigrants are about strictly following the rule of law.