INTERVIEW: Behnam Ben Taleblu – Senior Iran Analyst at Foundation for Defense of Democracies

TOPICL:  Iran sanctions

• Iran says the US has “crossed a red line” by imposing sanctions on the head of its judiciary, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani.
• The foreign ministry vowed to retaliate but did not say what form any action might take.
• Iran also rejected any changes to its nuclear deal with world powers.
• US President Donald Trump, a critic of the 2015 accord to prevent Iran developing nuclear arms, said he would extend sanctions relief one last time.