The United States is imposing additional sanctions on Iran as a result of its attack on US troops in Iraq this week, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said
"We are announcing additional sanctions against the Iranian regime," Mr Mnuchin said at a White House news conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
All 176 people on board the aircraft died in the incident. Many of them were travelling from Tehran to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, en route to Canada. Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi made his request in a phone call with Mr Pompeo late yesterday in line with a vote by Iraq's parliament last week, his office said in a statement.
"There does, however, need to be a conversation between the US and Iraqi governments not just regarding security, but about our financial, economic, and diplomatic partnership," spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.
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