Iran lashes out at US sanctions amid economic toll at home

DUBAI/CAIRO – Iran condemned the United States’ new economic sanctions on Aug 28 as “state terrorism” while its supreme leader said he was banning acts that could harm “social cohesion” amid concern that more financial pain could spark unrest at home. With the war now at the six-month mark, and negotiations at an impasse, US President Donald Trump’s administration has stepped up efforts to punish Iran financially with what it has billed as an “economic D-Day”. The sanctions drive compounds the toll of the war on Iran’s economy, where annual inflation hit 66 per cent in July . Meanwhile, the…