WMAL Interview - BEHNAM BEN TALEBLU - 01.15.18

INTERVIEW: Behnam Ben Taleblu - Senior Iran Analyst at Foundation for Defense of Democracies

TOPICL: Iran sanctions

 Iran says the US has "crossed a red line" by imposing sanctions on the head of its judiciary, Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani.

 The foreign ministry vowed to retaliate but did not say what form any action might take.

 Iran also rejected any changes to its nuclear deal with world powers.

 US President Donald Trump, a critic of the 2015 accord to prevent Iran developing nuclear arms, said he would extend sanctions relief one last time.