Iran slams US sanctions on Its energy sector as ransom to Israel   Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has slammed the new round of US sanctions targeting the country’s oil industry as a “ransom” to the Israeli regime following the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory operation against the occupied territories earlier in the month. Esmaeil Baghaei said in a statement on Sunday that the bans are “illegal and unjustified” after the US Treasury Department slapped Iran with a spate of new sanctions on a number of companies in the country’s oil and petrochemical industry as...