Hyderabad, April 19 -- In response to Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel, the United States and the United Kingdom have jointly imposed new sanctions on Iran.

At an official meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers in Italy on Thursday, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced the imposition of sanctions. Four days earlier, Iran had fired hundreds of missiles and drones into the occupied territories in retaliation for Israel's attack on the Islamic Republic of Syria's diplomatic facilities.

The Iranian defence minister, as well as other military personnel and institutions including the IRGC Navy and the Armed Forces General Staff, are the targets of the sanctions, Iranian News Agency Press TV reported.

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