Iran president: US sanctions on foreign minister ‘childish’

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president says U.S. financial sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister are “childish” and a barrier to diplomacy.
Hassan Rouhani’s remarks Thursday came after the Trump administration announced it imposed financial sanctions on Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as part of its escalating campaign of pressure against the Islamic Republic.
The highly unusual action of penalizing another nation’s top diplomat followed President Don