Iran says the US Treasury Department shut down international access to its English news site due to new regulations related to US sanctions.

It's not the first time state-linked Iranian media outlets have had access to Western audiences blocked, with PressTV complaining in recent months about being blocked on YouTube and other popular social media sites; however it's less common for their domains to be blocked. 

Fars outlet issued a Farsi language tweet Friday which reads according to a translation: 

"From an hour ago, audience access to the Fars News Agency site has encountered a problem due to being placed on America's sanctions list, and the technical part of [this] News Agency is working to create access for the audience on the farsnews.ir domain."