Today, Elliott Abrams, the US special envoy on Iran, said that Washington will impose sanctions on 4 entities over their support for the Iranian missile program.
This came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended a regional visit to the Middle East and Europe aimed at increasing pressure on Iran.
The administration of Trump in Washington intends to impose a long and new series of sanctions on Iran before it departs from the White House.
The Axios news site said that the Trump administration is working on pushing a plan to impose a long series of new sanctions on Iran in the remaining 10 weeks until the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on January 20.