[HIGHLIGHTS] "To take hostages." US sanctions on Russia's security apparatus and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)

The United States on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Monday: "Our actions are a clear and direct warning to those who unjustly detain U.s.

citizens around the world" The announcement of the new sanctions comes a month after Russia arrested Ivan Gershkovich, a journalist for The Wall Street Journal.