Reuters - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that new U.S. sanctions were �backfiring�, making Washington more isolated, not the Islamic Republic.

�Today, US defied UN top court and Security Council by reimposing sanctions on Iran that target ordinary people. But US bullying is backfiring... The US � and not Iran � is isolated.� Zarif said in a tweet.

Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Robin Pomeroy