The United States has imposed sanctions on four Iranian intelligence officials for plotting to assassinate a journalist and a human rights activist.
According to the international news agency, the United States has imposed sanctions on four Iranian intelligence officials for plotting to kidnap a female journalist. The assets of the four officials in the United States have been frozen, while US citizens will also be barred from transferring money from these officials.
The US Treasury Department said in a statement that sanctions could also be imposed on US citizens who deal with banned Iranian intelligence personnel.
The US Treasury Department said on Friday that the four Iranian intelligence officials were part of a broader campaign to silence critics of the government and that the plot to kidnap Iranian-American journalist Masih Ali Nejad was part of that.
On the other hand, the Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected the US allegations of conspiracy to kidnap a female journalist and said that the US is addicted to imposing sanctions.
