WASHINGTON Jeff Carter Canada Jersey , July 28 (Xinhua) -- The United States is imposing new ballistic missile sanctions on Iran in response to its "continued provocative actions" including a rocket launch on Thursday, said U.S. Treasury Department on Friday.


The sanctions targeted six Iran-based subsidiaries of Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, a company central to Iran's ballistic missile program, said Treasury in a statement.


On Thursday, Iran launched a space vehicle which used technologies "closely related to those of an intercontinental ballistic missile," representing a "threatening step by Iran Jean Beliveau Canada Jersey ," according to the statement.


"The U.S. government will continue to aggressively counter Iran's ballistic missile-related activity," said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in the statement.


As a result of sanctions, the six companies' U.S. property would be frozen and U.S. citizens were prohibited from engaging in any transaction with them.


Foreign financial institutions were also warned of possible punitive measure if engaging with those entities.


Tensions have been growing between Washington and Tehran in the past months.


On Thursday, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that will slap tougher sanctions on three countries including Iran.


Xi honors military officers, unit ahead of Army Day


China promotes 5 officers to general


7th meeting of BRICS High Representatives for Security Issues held in Beijing


Annual maximum peak of Hukou Waterfall seen due to heavy rainfall


Big year for China's military as PLA to celebrate 90th birthday


China's biggest automated cargo wharf to start operation by end of 2017


Hukou Waterfalls in N China enter summer flood period


Chinese research vessel "Kexue" conducts operation in South China Sea


ARUSHA, Tanzania Jay Bouwmeester Canada Jersey , Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania has started acampaign to promote new farming system to fight the impact ofclimate change and to boost food security in the east Africannation.


The new system will raise rice output, increase farmer income,and strengthen crops' resilience to climate change, said MaryMajule, principal agriculture officer at the Ministry ofAgriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Jamie Benn Canada Jersey , on Friday.


Traditional farming methods consume a large amount of water as aresult of changing weather patterns, Majule said.


"This is part of the government's initiative to adopt theclimate-smart agriculture system aimed at addressing the recklessuse of water for rice production," she said.


The new system encourages limited use of water with highproductivity as well as mitigating the impact of climate change,Majule said.


The system has started operating in Tanzania's regions of Mbeya,Iringa and Morogoro.


According to Majule, farmers who have adopted the new system getan average of 42 bags of rice per acre Jake Muzzin Canada Jersey , whereas traditional farmingonly produce an average of five bags per acre.


Majule said the government intends to use its arable land tomake Tanzania the leading nation in Africa for producing rice.


It is estimated that 18 percent of farming household in Tanzaniagrow rice, contributing to 2.66 percent of the the country'sGDP.


Rice is the second most important food and commercial crop inTanzania after maize.


Tanzania is among the 25 countries that produce rice in Africa.The country targets to boost production from the 875,120 tonsrecorded in 2007-2008 to 1,750,240 tons in 2017-2018. Enditem


INCHEON, South Korea Guy Lafleur Canada Jersey , Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino was announced MVP for the 17th Asian Games here on Saturday.


Hagino, 20, won medals in all seven events he compted in, winning golds in the men's 200m freestyle, 200m and 400m individual medleys, and the 800m freestyle relay Duncan Keith Canada Jersey , in addition to one silver in the 400m freestyle and two bronze medals in the 100m and 200m backstroke events.


Hagino said, "It was especially meaningful for me bacause I had a chance to compete with big-name stars such as Park Tae-Hwan (of South Korea) and Sun Yang (of China). I'm already happy with my performance, but more thrilled to receive my first-ever MVP."


It is the third time a Japanese athlete was presented with the MVP award. In 1998, runner Koji Ito was named the first-ever Samsung MVP award, and in 2002 swimmer Kosuke Kitajima was named the games' MVP.

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