Trump slaps on sanctions as Iran tension mounts

President Donald Trump raised the stakes in Washington's increasingly tense stand-off with Iran on Friday, slapping fresh sanctions on Tehran's weapons procurement network. Officials said the new measures were in response to Iran's recent ballistic missile test and its support for Huthi rebels in Yemen, who recently targeted a Saudi warship. The sanctions do not, officials say, mark a retreat from US commitments under the Iran nuclear deal to lift measures targeting Tehran's alleged bid to build