Iran's foreign minister brushed off U.S. sanctions with a sarcastic tweet

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
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Iran's foreign minister doesn't seem too concerned with President Trump's newest sanctions.

The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced it would sanction Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after threatening to do so for the past few weeks. Zarif "implements the reckless agenda of Iran's Supreme Leader, and is the regime's primary spokesperson around the world," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a Wednesday statement.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.