washington trump administration friday impose sanction iran say initial step say washington would long turn blind eye iran hostile action sanction 25 individuals entities open salvo president donald trump vow aggressive policy tehran come two days administration put iran notice follow ballistic missile test trump administration long tolerate iran provocations threaten interest national security advisor michael flynn say days turn blind eye iran hostile belligerent action toward unite state world community flynn say white house statement suggest concrete action could follow iran curb ballistic missile program continue support regional proxy conflict senior administration official say late sanction initial step response iran provocative behavior administration undertake large strategic review respond iran iran denounce sanction illegal say would impose legal restrictions american individuals entities help regional terrorist group state tv quote foreign ministry statement say affect sanction access u.s. financial system deal u.s. company subject secondary sanction mean foreign company individuals prohibit deal risk blacklist unite state white house say sanction reaction recent events consideration add landmark 2015 deal curb iran nuclear program best interest unite state white house spokesman sean spic say missile test violate nuclear agreement direct violation ... think question violate spirit spic say interview msnbc say nuclear agreement sweetheart deal iran cite foreign ministry statement iran semi-official fars news agency say missile program undeniable inalienable right nation international law un charter foreign interference regard violation international law new designations stick areas remain sanction even 2015 nuclear deal seal iran world power place islamic revolutionary guard corps elite military body powerful iranian politics economy iran ballistic missile program zarif lead iran delegation nuclear negotiations 2015. among affect sanction say lebanon-based network run revolutionary guard list actually target comparatively mild lead one surmise may set target devise obama administration ready go trump come office say adam smith former senior advisor director u.s. treasury department office foreign assets control real test way trump team go iran may well list release next one whenever occur smith say sanction impact symbolic practical especially affect lift broad u.s. international sanction take place nuclear deal also iranian entities target likely u.s. assets freeze u.s. company exceptions bar business iran meanwhile u.s. move navy destroyer uss cole close bab al-mandab strait coast yemen protect waterways houthi militia align iran german foreign minister sigmar gabriel friday express understand sanction warn conflate sunday test nuclear deal early friday trump tweet iran play fire u.s. senator mark warner express support sanction add urge administration bring clarity overall strategy towards iran refrain ambiguous rhetoric provocative tweet exacerbate efforts confront challenge entities sanction u.s. treasury base unite arab emirates lebanon china among affect company individuals broke u.s. treasury say support trade network run iranian businessman abdollah asgharzadeh treasury say support shahid hemmat industrial group unite state say subsidiary iranian entity run iran ballistic missile program hasan dehghan ebrahimi beirut-based official revolutionary guard qods force run operations abroad put sanction act behalf qods force treasury say three lebanese company involve waste collection pharmaceuticals construction also list sanction own control muhammad abd-al-amir farhat one ebrahimi employees treasury say facilitate millions dollars cash transfer lebanese militant group hezbollah two employees company manage also sanction treasury say ebrahimi employees use lebanon-based network transfer fund launder money conduct business trump administration tighten iran sanction tehran hit back