Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says ‘negotiating with America is neither sensible, sensible, or honourable’.
Iran hit out at america for imposing new sanctions in opposition to its oil business, as Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned in opposition to mooted talks with Washington.
A spokesman for the Ministry of International Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday condemned the sanctions, introduced yesterday, as “illegitimate and illegal,” the official IRNA information company reported.
“The choice of the brand new US administration to exert strain on the Iranian folks by stopping Iran from conducting reliable commerce with its financial companions is an illegitimate and illegal motion,” spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei mentioned.
Iran “holds america accountable for the results and repercussions of such unilateral and bullying actions”, he added.
Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later remarked that negotiation with the US is “not sensible, sensible or honourable”.
US President Donald Trump urged earlier this week that he plans to lift the strain on Iran after which attain a “verified nuclear peace settlement”.
Throughout his earlier time period in workplace in 2018, Trump pulled the US out of the 2015 pact between Iran and world powers designed to management Tehran’s nuclear capabilities, and reimposed harsh sanctions.
These measures prompted Tehran to violate the pact’s limitations.
“Negotiating with America is neither sensible, sensible, or honourable. It is not going to clear up any of our issues. The explanation? Expertise!” Khamenei was quoted as saying on Friday, including that Iran had made concessions prior to now however the US “tore up” earlier agreements.
He warned that if the US threatens Iran’s safety, Tehran “will threaten [the US’s] safety”.
The sanctions introduced on Thursday had been the primary new ones to be levied on Iran since Trump returned to the White Home.
The US president has promised to convey Iran’s crude exports to zero, declaring them a part of the ambition to halt Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The measures goal Iranian corporations, ships and people affiliated with firms already sanctioned by the US. The people and tankers affected assist ship tens of millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil to China yearly.
Germany, France and the UK have been holding diplomatic talks with Tehran in latest months within the hope of in search of a route in direction of resuming the Joint Complete Plan of Motion (JCPOA) pact that Trump unilaterally scuppered in 2018.
A senior Iranian official instructed the Reuters information company on Wednesday that Iran is able to give the US an opportunity to resolve disputes.
Iran has lengthy rejected sanctions in opposition to its oil sector and views efforts to confiscate its exports as “piracy”.
