“As we have repeatedly stated before, such measures only show the plight and helplessness of this regime, which does not know how to use rational mechanisms of diplomacy,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a number of Iranian citizens, including Mojtaba Khamenei. The headquarters of the armed forces of the republic also fell under sanctions.

Director of the Institute for Contemporary State Development Dmitry Solonnikov in an interview with RT assessed the restrictions imposed by the US Treasury.