Trump sanctions on Iranian foreign minister could expose the real face of the country's 'charmer-in-chief'

The Trump administration is expected to sanction Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, any day now, and the announcement could offer a rare glimpse into the internal dealings of the country's most traveled official.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told reporters this week that the administration plans to target Zarif as part of a new round of sanctions on Iranian leadership. The announcement followed President Trump's executive order Monday sanctioning Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his associates.

"The actions by the United States over the past few weeks have been confrontational, provocative," Zarif told CNN afterwards. "Particularly the imposition of sanctions on Iranian leadership has been an additional insult by the United States against the entire Iranian nation."

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