New tensions with Iran threaten nuclear deal and White House says US troops | World News, The Indian Express

New tensions with Iran threaten nuclear deal and White House says US troops | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Washington |Published: May 7, 2019 1:42:43 pm

New tensions with Iran threaten nuclear deal and White House says US troops

The sanctions on Iran’s oil exports were escalated two weeks after the country’s Revolutionary Guard was placed on the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations — the first time that the designation was given to an arm of another nation’s government.

The Trump administration has criticized Iran for its support of Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and military group, and of the Houthis, a Shiite rebel group in Yemen. (New York Times)

Written by David E. Sanger, Edward Wong, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper