The United States is ratcheting up pressure on Iran with sanctions as the threat of an American attack against the regime looms large on the world stage.

The sanctions will target six officials who “oversee the Iranian security forces responsible for the violent crackdowns on protesters,” including Iran’s minister of the interior. The United States State Department and the Department of the Treasury launched new sanctions focused on Iranian officials involved in the regime’s “brutal crackdown” on anti-regime protestors,

The penalties are the latest by the United States and the European Union targeting high-ranking officials over the crackdown.

The United States has announced new sanctions targeting what it describes as a “shadow fleet” used to transport Iranian oil and petroleum products. The measures are aimed at cutting off revenue that the US says supports Iran’s government and its activities at home and abroad.

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