“Talks with the United States are neither smart, wise and respected,” says Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khaamini.
Iran has won the United States for imposing new sanctions against its oil industry, as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned against controversial dialogue with Washington.
A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of the Government of Iran on Friday condemned the sanctions spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, announcing the “illegal and illegal” yesterday.
“The new US administration’s decision is an illegal and illegal step to prevent Iran from legitimate trade with its economic partners to put pressure on the Iranian people,” said Ismail Bagai.
He added that Iran “has blamed the United States for the results of such unilateral and bullying measures and their consequences.”
Later, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenea remarked that talks with the United States are “not smart, wise or honorable.”
US President Donald Trump earlier this week suggested that he intends to increase pressure on Iran and then reach the “Certified Nuclear Peace Agreement”.
During his previous term in 2018, Trump ousted the United States from the 2015 deal between Iran and world powers designed to control Tehran’s nuclear capabilities, and imposed strict sanctions.
These measures violated the boundaries of the contract to Tehran.
“Talking with the United States is neither smart, wise and respectful. It will not solve any of our problems. The reason? Experience!” It was said on Friday, citing Khamenei, adding that in the past. Iran had given privileges, but the United States “torn” previous agreements.
He warned that if the United States threatened Iran’s security, Tehran would threaten ” [the US’s] Security “.
The sanctions announced on Thursday were the first new ones to be announced on Iran, since Trump returned to the White House.
The US president has promised to bring Iran’s raw exports to zero, calling him part of the ambitions to stop Tehran’s nuclear program.
These measures target Iranian firms, ships and individuals who are already affiliated with the US -approved companies. These individuals and tankers helped send millions of barrels of Iranian crude oil annually to the affected people.
Germany, France and the United Kingdom have been holding diplomatic talks with Tehran in recent months, hoping to go back to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement, which Trump said. Standing unilaterally in 2018.
Iran is ready to give the United States an opportunity to resolve conflicts, an Iranian senior official told Reuters News Agency on Wednesday.
Iran has long rejected sanctions against its oil sector and has rejected the views of efforts to seize its exports as “piracy”.