The top US diploamt further claimed that the sanctions against Iran and other nations have been “used judiciously and effectively.”
Kerry made the remarks in response to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who blasted the US government for imposing new sanctions over Tehran’s ballistic missile program, denouncing the move as an “addiction to coercion.”
"It shows that the United States has an addiction which has been very difficult for it to overcome," Zarif told the Associated Press on Wednesday.
Last week, the US Treasury Department blacklisted five Iranian citizens and a network of companies based in the United Arab Emirates and China, only a day after the landmark Iran nuclear, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), came into effect.
Under the agreement, limits are put on Iran’s nuclear activities in exchange for, among other things, the removal of all nuclear-related economic and financial bans against the Islamic Republic.
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