US State Department takes action against the Iranian IRGC General Hasan Shahvarpour

US State Department takes action against the Iranian IRGC General Hasan Shahvarpour

WASHINGTON - US State Department takes action against the Iranian IRGC General Hasan Shahvarpour.

United States has imposed sanctions on Iran's brigadier general of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Hassan Shahvarpour.

The latest move by U.S. State Department came amid high tensions between Washington and Tehran following U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and Iran's missiles attack on U.S. military bases in Iraq.

US Military Airstrikes had killed Iranian IRGC General Qasem Soleimani inside Iraq.