Choe Thae-bok, a vice chairman of the ruling party's central committee, met with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February during his visit to Tehran.
"These sanctions target key entities involved in Iran's ballistic missile program, and underscore the United States' deep concerns with Iran's continued development and testing of ballistic missiles and other provocative behaviour", Mnuchin said.
The U.S. has said the launch flouted a United Nations Security Council resolution because the technology is inherently created to be able to carry a nuclear payload.
On Thursday, Iran successfully tested the Simorgh rocket, a two-stage vehicle meant to deliver small space satellites into orbit.
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Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Friday denied Tehran had missiles created to carry nuclear warheads. The report said Imam Khomeini Space Center was responsible for all operations related to satellite carriers, including preparation, launch, control and steering.
The United States on Friday imposed new ballistic missile sanctions on Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic launched a rocket towards space.
President Donald Trump, who this month reluctantly recertified Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published this week that Washington had been "extremely nice" to Tehran by saying it was complying with the terms of the deal.
North Korea's ceremonial leader Kim Yong-nam will soon visit Iran to attend the inauguration ceremony for Iran's president slated for early next month, the North's state media said Friday. While the language in the resolution "call upon" Iran not to develop ballistic missiles, "we would consider that a violation of UNSCR 2231", Nauert said.
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