Iran: US imposes new sanctions over missile test

WASHINGTON: -- The US has imposed fresh sanctions on Iranian companies and individuals over a recent ballistic missile test.

The new sanctions prevent 11 entities and individuals linked to the missile programme from using the US banking system.

The move came after international nuclear sanctions on Iran were lifted as part of a deal hailed by President Barack Obama on Sunday as "smart".

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35338901


-- BBC 2016-01-18

The US government is just great.

Lifts sanctions with the one hand causing 27 billion dollars to be wiped off middle east stock markets over a glut of Iranian oil soon to be flooding an already saturated oil market,then reimpose more sanctions with the other hand.