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Iran sanctions US envoy to Yemen in retaliation for US blacklisting

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced sanctions on Christopher Henzel, the US ambassador to Yemen.
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Iran on Wednesday slapped sanctions on the US envoy to Yemen, a largely symbolic gesture that followed the Trump administration's sanctioning of the Iranian ambassador to the Houthi rebels. 

Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it was blacklisting the US ambassador to Yemen, Christopher Henzel, for his role "organizing, offering financial and weapons support, leading and contributing to the actions committed by the coalition attacking Yemen.”

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