GB and USA launch new sanctions against Iran - Breaking news. "The UK and the US have sent a clear message: we will not tolerate this threat," said British Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
"senior Iranian officials and members of organized criminal gangs who collaborate with the regime" involved in repression and coercion activities against journalists and human rights defenders are being targeted, the Foreign Office said in a Foreign Office statement. Reproduction of this article is strictly prohibited in the U.S. without written permission from the British Foreign Office.