FNA - Iranian President's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi warned that Washington which has been disappointed at military assault against Iran has now resorted to propaganda warfare.

"In the new era, the US is no more focused on the issue of military attack and has planned and executed a major propaganda and psychological war against Iran," Vaezi said on Monday.

He also said that an extremist stream in the US which has always pursued the overthrow of the Islamic Republic in Iran has again gained power and is making shared attempts with Israel and Saudi Arabia to achieve its desired objectives.

On November 5, the US Treasury Department reinstated all sanctions on Iran lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.

According to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the sweeping sanctions see 700 people blacklisted, including people who were granted relief under the 2015 deal, as well as over 300 new names.

The Trump administration has agreed to allow eight countries to continue purchasing Iran’s crude oil after Washington’s sanctions on Tehran took place.

EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini underlined last month that the EU was trying hard to preserve the JCPOA, and said that efforts were underway to implement the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV).

"The EU Special Purpose Vehicle for bypassing the US sanctions on Iran is still unknown, but the work was being carried out in a positive manner," Mogherini added.

She reiterated that the involvement of the finance ministers of the E3 (France, Germany, UK) is of key importance at this stage, and said, "They are working hard to finalize it; I cannot tell you a date, but I can tell you that work is continuing and is progressing in a positive manner."