. >>> ten years ago farrah farra lost her battle with cancer. she and ryan o'neil was a longtime couple. >>> while you were sleeping, iran slammed new sanctions announced yesterday by president trump. the country now says the door to diplomacy is permanently closed. president trump says he would not need congressional approval to launch war on iran. >> reporter: tensions rising between the united states and iran. monday president trump signing an executive order for new sanctions targeting iran's sm m supreme leader in hopes of forcing iran to the negotiating table. >> i look forward to discussing whatever i have to discuss with anybody that wants to speak. in the meantime, who knows what's going to happen. i can only tell you we cannot ever let iran have a nuclear weapon. and it won't happen. >> reporter: so far the sanctions have led to the opposite of their intended effect. overnight iran called the president's order fruitless and say the sanctions mean the permanent closure of the road of diplomacy. >> you cannot start a dialogue with somebo