Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham holds weekly press conference.[/caption]Iran has rejected the European Union (EU)s recent move to put the countrys biggest tanker firm back on its sanctions list, saying the move runs counter tothe ongoing talks over Tehrans nuclear program. We consider theEU move to re-impose sanctions on the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) as politically-motivated,nonconstructive,against the good will trend and in contravention of the ongoing [nuclear] talks, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said at her weekly press briefing on Wednesday.
She described the EU move as regrettable, saying Iran expected the other party to thenuclear talksto refrain from measures that would undermine mutual trust.
On February 12, European Union governments agreed to put Iran's biggest tanker firm back on a list of sanctioned companies.
The EUs second-highest court last July scrapped sanctions imposed by the 28-nation bloc on the National Iranian Tanker Company for its alleged role in Irans nuclear energy program.
The General Court of the EU said that there were no grounds to blacklist the NITC after it contested the designation.
The EU move to put back the Iranian company on its sanctions list comes as Iran and the P5+1 group of countries Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany are seeking to reach a high-level political agreement by April 1 and to confirm the full technical details of the accord by July 1.
Since an interim deal was sealed in the Swiss city of Geneva in November 2013, the negotiating sides have missed two self-imposed deadlines to ink a final comprehensive agreement over Tehrans nuclear program.
By Press TV
