S. Korea pushed to join sanctions against Iran

Washington puts 21 Iranian entities on sanctions blacklist 
South Korea appeared to be stuck between a rock and a hard place over increasing pressure from the U.S. to join its efforts to sanction Iran for its nuclear ambitions. 

Washington, which has been avidly enlisting international support for sanctioning Iran, on Wednesday put 21 more Iranian entities on its blacklist for helping advance Iran’s nuclear weapons programs. 

Regarding the list, a State Department spokesman said that the U.S. believes the sanctions are “having an effect on the ground in Iran.”