The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. June 4, 2013 U.S. Imposes New Sanctions on Iran ----------------------------------- The Obama administration has imposed another round of sanctions on Iran in the latest attempt to force concessions over its alleged nuclear weapons program. The new sanctions target Iran's auto industry and its currency, the rial, in a bid to make the currency unusable outside of Iran. .