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Video PlayerClose U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before departing from the White House in Washington D.C., the United States, June 22, 2019. Donald Trump on Saturday said that the United States would impose major additional sanctions against Iran on Monday. (Xinhua/Ting Shen) WASHINGTON, June 22-- President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States would impose major additional sanctions against Iran on Monday. "We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday," Trump tweeted on Saturday, without providing any other details. "Iran cannot have Nuclear Weapons!" he stressed in the same tweet. Before leaving for Camp David earlier in the day, Trump told reporters that additional sanctions would be moving forward against Iran, with some being implemented "slowly" and some "more rapidly." Asked if military action is still on the table, he said that "it's always on the table until we get this solved." In response, Iran military warned the United States against the mistake of taking military actions on Iran, saying any attack would draw Tehran's "crushing response and cost the U.S. dearly," Tasnim News Agency reported on Saturday. Trump on Friday confirmed that he authorized the military strikes against Iran in retaliation for downing a U.S. military drone but called off the operations 10 minutes before they were to be implemented. | 
