Iran complains to UN over new US sanctions against Tehran

AP  |  Tehran 

has complained to the UN Security Council over the latest US sanctions imposed on Tehran.

The semi-official Tasnim agency says Speaker Ali Larijani announced the complaint today, though it's unclear what expects the United Nations would do.


The move came after the US Senate approved sanctions on Friday against for launching a satellite-carrying rocket into space.

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 sanctions to Iran's prestigious Revolutionary Guard and enforce an arms embargo. It now goes to President Donald Trump for signing.

has said the US legislation amounts to a "hostile" breach of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between and world powers.

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