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		</div><p>The Trump administration has imposed sanctions on 13 people and 12 firms in response to Iran&#8217;s recent ballistic missile test.</p>
<p>The move increases pressure on Tehran without directly undercutting a landmark nuclear deal between the two countries.</p>
<p>Those targeted by the US Treasury Department&#8217;s action include various agents, companies and associates involved in procuring ballistic missile technology for Iran.</p>
<p>Iranians, Lebanese, Chinese and Emirati individuals and companies are also now blacklisted from doing any business in the US or with American citizens.</p>
<p>&#8220;Iran&#8217;s continued support for terrorism and development of its ballistic missile programme poses a threat to the region, to our partners worldwide and to the United States,&#8221; John E. Smith, the Treasury Department&#8217;s acting sanctions chief, said in a statement.</p>
<p>&#8220;We will continue to actively apply all available tools, including financial sanctions, to address this behaviour,&#8221; Mr Smith said.</p>
<p>The sanctions are the first against Iran in Donald Trump&#8217;s new presidency, reflecting his desire to take a tougher stance toward Tehran.</p>
<p>Throughout his campaign, Mr Trump accused the Obama administration of being weak on Iran and vowed to crack down if elected.</p>
<p>In a tweet this morning, Mr Trump said: &#8220;Iran is playing with fire &#8211; they don&#8217;t appreciate how &#8216;kind&#8217; President Obama was to them. Not me.&#8221;</p>
<p>None of the new sanctions appear to reverse the Obama administration&#8217;s suspension of sanctions as part of the 2015 nuclear deal.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the action will almost surely increase tensions with Iran.</p>
<p>The Islamic republic has insisted that new sanctions violate the deal and it has the right to conduct ballistic missile tests now that its nuclear programme has been sharply curtailed.</p>
<p>The US and western countries argue otherwise, noting that Tehran agreed to an eight-year extension of a ban on ballistic work in nuclear negotiations two years ago.</p>
<p>That agreement was concluded in parallel, but separately to the nuclear accord.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is fully consistent with the Obama administration&#8217;s commitment to Congress that the nuclear deal does not preclude the use of non-nuclear sanctions,&#8221; said Mark Dubowitz, chief executive officer of the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, which advocates for a hardline US position on Iran.</p>
<p>The sanctions come after Mr Trump and his aides issued cryptic warnings about potential retaliation against Tehran for testing a ballistic missile and for supporting Shiite rebels in Yemen known as the Houthis.</p>
<p>The US accuses Iran of arming and financing the rebels, who this week claimed a successful missile strike against a warship belonging to a Saudi-led coalition fighting to reinstall Yemen&#8217;s internationally recognised government. Iran denies arming the Houthis.</p>
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