The US on Monday announced new sanctions on Iran, as Iranians took to the streets to mark the 40th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Tehran by Iranian revolutionary students who seized dozens of US diplomats and security staff.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pointed to the embassy siege as the United States announced sanctions against nine aides to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader under the Islamic republic established by the revolution.
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