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Thursday 12 February 2015 - 22:10
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Russia downplays effects of West-led sanctions on Iran

sergei ryabkovTEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov underlined that the western sanctions against Tehran and Moscow have proved futile and ineffective, adding that the embargos will harm their sponsors more.

The advocates of sanctions imposed by Europe on Moscow have been wrong about the effectiveness of the policy, which has also had no effect on Iran, Ryabkov said at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on Wednesday.


He said the sanctions imposed on the Kremlin over the crisis in Eastern Ukraine would have an opposite effect just like the ones against Tehran over its nuclear program, Russias Interfax reported.


"The pursuers of this (sanctions) policy have false ideas about potential efficiency of sanctions against Russia," Ryabkov said.


"These people are doing harm to themselves," he underlined. "I don't know how much time they will need to realize this reality."


In relevant remarks last week, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that the only way out of the decade-long nuclear standoff between Iran and the West was dialogue and not sanctions as pressures could only deteriorate the case.


Sanctions have failed to obtain the intended goals, and they need to be lifted altogether, Zarif said on the sidelines of Munich Security Conference in Germany, adding failure in talks does not mean end of world.


He also reiterated that respect and negotiation was the only way which would lead to fruitful results on Iran, adding Iran wanted to prove that its nuclear program was merely for peaceful purposes.


The 10th round of negotiations between Iran and the six world powers was held in Vienna from November 18 to 24, where the seven nations decided to extend the talks until July after they failed to strike an agreement.


The latest round of the nuclear talks between the two sides was held at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 18.


The two sides decided to continue their talks in February.


Both Iran and the Group5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) negotiators have underlined that cutting a final deal before the July 10 deadline is possible.


By Fars News Agency



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