President Trump signed an executive order for the imposition of “hard-hitting sanctions” on Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his office, calling it “a strong and proportionate response to Iran’s increasingly provocative actions”. He urged “the regime to abandon its nuclear ambitions, change its destructive behaviour, respect the rights of its people and return in good faith to the negotiating table”. The Treasury Department also sanctioned eight senior IRGC commanders.
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