Tehran, May 22: Iran has condemned the new US sanctions
on a number of Iranian institutions and individuals. The new sanctions are a
sign of the US' "failure, weakness, and desperation" in its policies against
the Iranian government and nation, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi
said on Thursday. The fresh sanctions are the results of "influence of
incompetent (US administration's) advisers" and the indication of "futility" of
Washington's previous anti-Iran sanctions, Xinhua news agency quoted Mousavi as
sayin. The US Treasury announced Wednesday that it would sanction Iran's
interior minister for "human rights abuses". (IANS)