Iran ran televised air defense drills showing soldiers cheering the downing of a drone, but otherwise held back from any military response over US efforts to curtail what Washington calls its “malign activities” across the Middle East. While previously warning it could ramp up its nuclear program, Iran still honors the atomic accord now limiting its enrichment of uranium, according to the United Nations.

The administration of President Donald Trump, who campaigned on a promise of tearing up the nuclear deal, insists it does not seek “regime change” in Iran through the sanctions. It says it wants Iran to radically change its policies, including its support for regional militant groups and its development of long-range ballistic missiles. However, Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his national security adviser John Bolton both have given speeches advocating overthrowing Iran’s theocratic government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a longtime foe of Iran, lauded the sanctions as “historic,” saying they will “strangle” what he described as Iranian state-sponsored terrorism. Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman tweeted that the US decision to restore sanctions “is the sea change the Middle East has been waiting for.”