The White House has delayed imposing a new set of fiscal sanctions on Iran for fears the move could jeopardise a hard-won nuclear deal due to be finally implemented within weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.<br />It was widely reported that the US Treasury planned to blacklist companies and individuals with ties to Iran's ballistic missile program.<br />On Thursday Iran's President Hassan Rouhani denounced possible new US sanctions on his country, saying such course of action constituted "hostile and illegal interventions" that justified a response.<br />His comments came as relations worsened days after US officials said an Iranian vessel had test-fired several rockets near three Western warships, including the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
