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Iran said on Sunday it has sanctioned an ex-aide to a
former US national security adviser who is a senior member of the
Washington-based Foundation for Defense of
Democracies.
Richard Goldberg, who served as an aide to John Bolton, was
sanctioned over “being actively involved in economic terrorism
against the interests of Iran’s government and citizens,” state
news agency IRNA reported, citing a statement from the foreign
ministry.
The sanctions were predicated on a 2017 law “confronting
America’s human rights violations and adventurist and terrorist
acts in the region”.
But the nature of the sanctions was not specified.
Iran had blacklisted the FDD and its chief executive Mark
Dubowitz last year, likewise for “economic terrorism”.
The FDD describes itself as a Washington-based “non-partisan
research institute focusing on foreign policy and national
security.”
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It strongly opposed the 2015 deal that saw world powers lift
sanctions against Iran in return for placing limits on its nuclear
programme.
Tensions between arch-foes Iran and the US have escalated since
President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear
accord and began reimposing sanctions against the Islamic republic
in 2018.
Goldberg said on Twitter it was “a badge of honor” to be
sanctioned by Iran for “coordinating” Trump’s maximum pressure
campaign against the Islamic republic.
Trump sacked Bolton from his post as national security adviser
in September last year.
AFP