US President Donald Trump has warned people off
doing business with Iran after Washington reimposed sanctions on the
Islamic republic.
"Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the
United States. I am asking for WORLD PEACE, nothing less!" Trump
tweeted on Tuesday.
The US reimposed sanctions on Iran at midnight eastern time (0400 GMT
on Tuesday) as the Trump administration sought to increase pressure
on Tehran after unilaterally pulling out of a nuclear deal reached
with the international community in 2015.
"The Iran sanctions have officially been cast. These are the most
biting sanctions ever imposed, and in November they ratchet up to yet
another level," Trump tweeted.
The first set of sanctions target the Iranian financial system,
including Iranian government purchases of US dollars, gold trade and
government bond sales. Further measures against the central bank are
expected to follow.