New Iran sanctions, mere psywar - minister

IRI Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Sayyed Shamseddin Hosseini denounced the announcement of a date for imposing a new round of sanctions on Tehran as a psychological warfare. Hosseini said on Saturday that sanctions against Iran have actually started a long time ago and the West is conducting a psychological operation by setting new deadlines. “Westerners set unreal deadlines as the time to toughen sanctions in order to create a psychological atmosphere in the country,” Hosseini said. Hosseini stated that specific dates have been determined to impose new sanctions with the purpose of exerting more pressure on Iran