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said on Saturday that it had imposed sanctions on 15 more , including former Army Chief of Staff George Casey and former President Donald Trump's attorney as months of talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal have stalled.

Almost all the officials named served during which imposed sanctions on Iranian officials, politicians and companies and withdrew the United States from the Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers.

In a statement carried by local media, the Iranian foreign ministry accused the ±«³§Ìý´Ç´Ú´Ú¾±³¦¾±²¹±ô²õ of supporting "terrorist groups and terrorist acts"Ìýagainst Iran, and Israel’s "repressive acts"Ìýin the region and against the .

Eleven months of indirect talks between Iran and the United States in Vienna on salvaging the deal have stalled as both sides say political decisions are required by Tehran and Washington to settle the remaining issues.

GeneralÌýAustin Scott Miller, former commander of USÌýforces in Afghanistan, former USÌýCommerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and several former ambassadors are among the officials targeted by the new Iranian sanctions.

In a similar move announced in January, Iran imposed sanctions on 51 Americans, many of them from the USÌýmilitary, over the 2020 killing of in a drone strike in Iraq.

Last year, it imposed sanctions on Trump and several senior ±«³§Ìý´Ç´Ú´Ú¾±³¦¾±²¹±ô²õ.