Sanctioning him is part of increasing attempts by Washington to ratchet up pressure on Tehran.
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after posing for a family photo during the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Coordinating Bureau in Caracas, Venezuela July 20, 2019(photo credit: MANAURE QUINTERO/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
