The white house is expected to impose additional sanctions against Iranian companies under existing orders issued by President Donald trump, according to sources familiar with the move.

Additional sanctions will be imposed in response to the Iranian test of ballistic missiles. They are similar to actions taken by former President Barack Obama after Iran had spent the previous ballistic missile tests.

In a letter to Trump on Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators said that "Iran's leaders must feel the pressure, enough to stop destabilizing activities, to sponsor terrorist groups and ballistic missiles." "Full implementation of existing sanctions and the imposition of additional sanctions against Iran over its programme of ballistic missiles are necessary," the letter reads.

On Thursday, trump refused to rule out the prospect of military action against the Islamic Republic. The national security Advisor to trump, Michael Flynn condemned the recent ballistic missile launch by Iran, calling it a "provocative" violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council. Iran denies that it violated any mandates of the United Nations. "Today, we officially put Iran on notice," said Flynn during a briefing at the White House.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Tehran, the Iranian adviser, Ali Akbar Velayati, rejected what he called "baseless ranting" the American leader said that even the Americans were not satisfied with the "extremism trump", according to semi-official Fars News Agency of Iran. Velayati called trump as not having enough experience, saying that he needs to take lessons from his predecessor, Barack Obama. Those who threaten the Muslim world should look at the failures in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, he added. He said that all the tests of the missiles were defensive and that Iran should not obtain a permit for conducting such activities.

The sudden escalation of us-Iranian tensions expressed concern about the future of the nuclear agreement with Iran, which put strict limits on the nuclear program of the country. Trump has been a longtime critic of the agreement, which was concluded after two years of talks with the five Security Council members and Germany in 2015. Flynn on Wednesday did not say whether the United States to take actions after a verbal warning. Three senior administration officials, speaking on said that they are still in the early stages of identifying what actions the United States should do in response.
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