US slaps sanctions as Iran marks 1979 embassy siege

WASHINGTON: Still-raw tensions flared anew on Monday on the 40th anniversary of Iranian zealots' storming of the US embassy, with thousands in Tehran taking to the streets and Washington slapping fresh sanctions.

"Forty years later, the revolutionary regime in Tehran has proven, time and again, that its first acts after gaining power were a clear indication of its evil character," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement. The United States said it was also offering a US$20 million reward for information to find Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent and CIA contractor who went missing in Iran in 2007 in mysterious circumstances.In a speech, the head of the army, General Abdolrahim Mousavi, denounced the idea of interaction with the United States as a ruse - echoing recent remarks by Khamenei after Trump said he was open to dialogue.

Iranians massed in front of the building carrying placards with slogans such as"Down with USA" and"Death to America." "Americans, at the time believed they were an exceptional nation, able to commit any injustice anywhere," government spokesman Ali Rabiei told the press on Monday. Gary Sick, who handled the hostage crisis at the National Security Council under then president Jimmy Carter, said the episode had scarred the US psyche and explained Washington's hawkish stance.

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