US may impose fresh sanctions on Iran

The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions against Iran and will press other nations to comply with existing restrictions as talks on limiting the country's nuclear program languish, the Biden administration warned Thursday, Report informs, citing Bloomberg.

President Joe Biden "has asked his team to be prepared in the event diplomacy fails," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters. If talks in Vienna to revive a 2015 agreement curbing Iran's program fail, "we will have no choice but to take additional measures" to restrict Iran's revenue, she said.

Psaki's comments came as the administration announced that a team of officials from the departments of Treasury and State would go to the United Arab Emirates to discuss compliance with sanctions that seek to limit Iranian income.