US Ambassador in Baghdad Blacklisted by Iran

Today, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Tehran blacklisted the US ambassador to Iraq and two other diplomats, in response to a similar American move targeting Iran's ambassador in Baghdad.

Said Khatib Zadeh, the spokesman for the ministry, wrote on Twitter: "The American ambassador in Iraq, Matthew Tueller, played a pivotal role in coordinating terrorist operations in and outside Iraq, he also helped in the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani."

He also added that "Today, Iran included Tueiler and two other officials involved in the command in a blacklist."

Yesterday, the US Treasury Ministry announced the imposition of sanctions against leaders of the Lebanese "Hezbollah" and on five Iranian economic and political entities.

The US Treasury issued a statement saying: "Entities affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, as they worked to distract American voters by spreading misleading information on the Internet, and carrying out malicious operations aimed to delude them."

US Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin said that the party’s top leaders "are responsible for implementing a destabilizing terrorist agenda that targets the interests of Washington and its partners."

Washington also imposed sanctions on the Iranian ambassador to Iraq, who was described by the Treasury Department as a "general in the Revolutionary Guard who played a prominent role in training and arming militias."