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Latest news on the situation in Iran after the re-imposition of all US sanctions on the country on Monday (all local times):
2:20 p.m.
China regrets the US decision to impose new sanctions on Iran, but will continue to enforce the nuclear deal with Beijing as a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying told reporters on Monday that the agreement "should be implemented in a comprehensive and effective manner", despite the fact that the United are removed in May.
Hua said: "We regret this decision of the United States"
She added that the international community was opposed to unilateral sanctions such as those imposed by the United States.
She also said that China stood with countries that had vowed to keep the agreement alive despite the withdrawal of the United States, and said that Iran "strictly fulfilled its obligations" under of the agreement.
Hua urged all parties to keep in mind "long-term interests, to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities and to choose to stand on the right side of the story" .
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The Iranian authorities say that the country is the victim of a cyberattack.
Telecommunications Minister Mohammad Javad Azeri Jahromi and his deputy, Hamid Fatahi, both tweeted about Monday's attack – the same day that US sanctions against the country lifted by the US were resumed. nuclear agreement.
They blamed Israel for the attack and said they had targeted Iran 's communication infrastructure, without further details.
The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment.
In 2011, Iran was facing a computer virus called Stuxnet, which had destroyed thousands of centrifuges involved in Iran's disputed nuclear program. It is generally believed that Stuxnet is an American and Israeli creation, although no country has acknowledged being behind this attack.
General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of the country's military unit in charge of fighting sabotage, said last week that President Hassan Rouhani's mobile phone had been tapped recently.
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12:35
The Iranian Foreign Ministry escapes the new imposition of US sanctions on Iran, saying it is not new and that the country has been subject to a wider range of sanctions in the past.
Ministry spokesman Baharam Ghasemi said the Iranians "have been subject to heavier penalties" and that "they are not a new problem".
He also described as "barren" the sanctions that came into effect on Monday as part of American propaganda and the psychological war against Iran.
He said the sanctions would turn against the United States and that "many countries from Europe to Russia and China have opposed these sanctions".
The sanctions put an end to all the economic benefits that the United States granted to Tehran for its 2015 nuclear deal with the world powers, and in particular targeted Iran's vital oil sector.
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11:10
The Israeli Defense Minister welcomes the recently reinstated American sanctions against Iran, saying that they would "critically" hit Iran's military presence around the Middle East.
Avigdor Lieberman said in a tweet on Monday that the Trump government's decision to reinstate the sanctions "is the upheaval that the Middle East has been waiting for since".
Israel is a fierce opponent of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, to which the United States withdrew this year, saying that the deal had not curbed the region's military activities. 39; Iran.
The new sanctions against the transport, finance and energy sectors in Iran will come into effect on Monday. The United States asserts that the sanctions are not aimed at overthrowing the government, but at persuading it to radically change its policies, including supporting regional militant groups and developing long-range ballistic missiles.
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11h
Iran hailed the re-imposition of US sanctions with air defense exercises and President Hassan Rouhani's recognition that the country is facing a "war situation".
The evolving situation is creating tension in the Middle East as the US maximalist approach to the Islamic Republic is needed.
The sanctions put an end to all the economic benefits that America has granted to Tehran for its nuclear deal with the world powers in 2015, although Iran continues to respect the agreement that limited enrichment of uranium. While for the moment did not threaten to resume a greater enrichment, Iranian officials have held a threatening message in recent months, which could resume anytime sooner than before.
The new US sanctions have particularly harmed the Iranian oil sector, an essential source of hard currency for its anemic economy. Its national currency has fallen over the past year, driving up prices, from cell phones to soaring drugs.
