Iran slams the new US sanctions on Tuesday. This has targeted the Islamic Republic supreme leader and other top officials. The Foreign Ministry of Iran has named it a permanent closure of diplomacy between Tehran and Washington. These new sanctions were imposed by Trump on Monday against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The officials of The United States of America have also said that they planned sanctions against the foreign minister of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Washington justifies these measures saying this would discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons and their support to militant groups. Iran's U.N. ambassador, Majid Takht Ravanchi, has warned about the situation of the Persian Gulf and calling it dangerous and have also told that any talks with the US are impossible in the current situation. These sanctions were in response to Iran's downing off surveillance drone which was worth a hundred million dollars.
This happened when it flew over The strait of Hormuz which grew up the crisis further. However Trump pulled back the strikes, he continued his pressure on Iran. During the last year, sanctions were reimposed on Iran after the USA pulled out itself from the nuclear pact world powers made with Tehran in 2015. The idea was to curb Iran's nuclear program which was eased as other nations stayed in the deal.