Iran Implements Counter-Sanctions on 51 US Individuals Over Qasem Soleimani's Death
Iran imposed retaliatory sanctions on 51 U.S. citizens over their alleged role in the death of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The listed individuals include former or current U.S. government, military…
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and CIA officials along with national security advisers and private business owners. The list includes Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley; Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser; Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador; and Erik Prince, founder of private military company Blackwater USA, now called Academi. Iran said the sanctions were made under the "Act on Countering Violations of Human Rights and Aventurist and Terrorist Actions of the United States of America in the Region." It said the U.S. "flagrantly breached" its international obligations in counterterrorism by participating in the death of the general.