Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, listens as Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper discusses new measures against Iran on Sept. 21. In a show of its resolve to crack down further on Iran, the Trump administration on Monday issued sanctions against more than two dozen people and entities involved in Tehran’s nuclear program, missile tests and trade in conventional weapons. Among the targets of the new U.S. sanctions are the Iranian Defense Ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro , whom the Trump administration accuses of collaborating with Iran to flout a U.N. arms embargo. “Our actions today are a warning that should be heard worldwide,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at the State Department, flanked by a high-powered array of senior administration officials. “No matter who you are, if you violate the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, you risk sanctions.” The new measures came a little more […]