Iranian committee discusses US sanctions package
None
Iranian state TV is reporting that a parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy is in an urgent meeting to review its response to a package of sanctions approved by the US Senate.
The Saturday report says deputy foreign minister and senior Iranian negotiator Abbas Araghchi said the US legislation amounts to a "hostile" breach of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. It now goes to US President Donald Trump for signing. Araghchi states that "a strong answer will be given to the action by the US."
The US legislation imposes mandatory penalties on people involved in Iran's ballistic missile program and anyone who does business with them. It would also apply terrorism sanctions to Iran's prestigious Revolutionary Guard and enforce an arms embargo.
