Tehran vows 'proportional reaction' to new U.S. sanctions

Iran said new sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump break the terms of its nuclear deal with the United States and other world powers, and vowed an "appropriate and proportional" response.

"In our view the nuclear deal has been violated and we will show an appropriate and proportional reaction to this issue," Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in an interview with state TV.

"The main goal of America in approving these sanctions against Iran is to destroy the nuclear deal and we will show a very intelligent reaction to this action," ISNA news agency cited Araqchi as saying.

"We are definitely not going to act in a way that get us entangled in the politics of the American government and Trump," he added.