Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the Islamic Republic has managed to move forward despite the unlawful sanctions of the United States and certain Western countries to impede the country’s progress.

The US has slapped new sanctions on Nicaragua's mining industry for “financing” the government of President Daniel Ortega, in the latest push against the Latin American nation's leader who won a fourth consecutive term as president in November 2021.

Nicaragua has renewed a decade-long decree allowing Russian forces to train in the Central American country, causing further strains in relations between Managua and Washington.

Nicaragua says it has withdrawn from the Organization of American States (OAS), closing the offices of the bloc in the capital city of Managua, despite the regional bloc saying the move was not allowed for another year.

Daniel Ortega is sworn in as the Nicaraguan President for a fourth consecutive term after the US and European Union imposed fresh sanctions on several figures in his government.

The United States imposes an entry ban on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his government officials, following the Central American country's presidential election earlier this month, which Washington has denounced as "rigged" and "undemocratic."

Preliminary results announced by the country’s Supreme Electoral Council on Monday showed Ortega's Sandinista alliance winning about 76% of votes with almost all the ballots counted.