A US official indicates that Iran is close to building a nuclear bomb and promises new sanctions

A senior US official announced that the United States will impose sanctions on Monday on more than 24 people and entities who have participated in Iran's nuclear, missile and conventional weapons programs, reinforcing the United Nations sanctions on Tehran, which Washington says it has resumed despite the objections of allies and opponents.Show more

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, indicated that Iran may have enough fissile material to build a nuclear bomb by the end of the year and that it has resumed cooperation in the field of long-range missiles with North Korea, which possesses nuclear weapons. The official did not provide detailed evidence regarding either of these assertions.

In addition, the official pointed out that a key part of the new US campaign is an executive order targeting entities that sell or buy Iranian conventional weapons that Reuters previously mentioned, and that the Trump administration will also reveal them tomorrow, Monday.

The official believes that Iran wants to possess the ability to produce nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them, despite the 2015 agreement aimed at preventing this by limiting the Iranian nuclear program in exchange for entering the global market.

When asked to comment on the impending new US sanctions and the US official’s statements, a spokesman for Iran's mission to the United Nations rejected these statements, describing them as propaganda, and said it would isolate the United States further.

"The whole world understands that this is only part of the upcoming American election campaign. They are ignoring the absurd claims of the United States at the United Nations today, and this will only lead to further isolation of the United States in the United States," Ali Reza Mirosevi told Reuters in an e-mail. The field of international affairs. "

The new sanctions are consistent with President Donald Trump's attempt to limit Iran's regional influence and come a week after the two agreements brokered by the United States to normalize the UAE and Bahrain's relations with Israel, both agreements that could lead to a broader coalition assembling against Iran at a time when they attract the American electorate. To Israel before the presidential elections on November 3rd.

The new sanctions notify European allies, China and Russia that despite their tendency to ignore the US campaign to keep the United Nations sanctions on Iran, companies in their countries will feel the harm of breaching the sanctions.