US President Donald Trump gives important orders against Iran
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JEDDAH/DUBAI - US President Donald Trump gives important orders against Iran after the attacks on Saudi largest oil fields suspected by Iran although claimed by the Yemeni Houthi rebels.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he ordered a major increase in sanctions on Iran.
The orders come in the latest U.S. move to pressure Tehran, which U.S. officials say probably carried out a crippling weekend attack on Saudi oil facilities.
Trump gave no explanation in a brief Twitter posting announcing the order, but the initiative follows repeated U.S. assertions that the Islamic Republic was behind Saturday`s attack on the kingdom, a close U.S. ally.
"I have just instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to substantially increase sanctions on the country of Iran!," he wrote. Iran, however, again denied involvement in the Sept. 14 raids, which hit the world`s biggest crude processing facility and initially knocked out half of Saudi production.
"They want to impose maximum ... pressure on Iran through slander," Iran`s President Hassan Rouhani said.
