TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian lawmaker strongly condemned the new sanctions imposed by the US against Iran, and said the fresh embargos show the American officials are fully untrustworthy.
On Tuesday, the US added nine individuals and legal entities to its blacklist of companies and individuals that have helped Iran to avoid the existing sanctions.

"The new sanctions indicate that the US cannot be trusted and as the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution (Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei) has said we cannot be optimistic about the outcome of the negotiations because we see the behavior of the Americans," ranking member of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Hassan Asafari told FNA on Wednesday.

Asafari reiterated that the US is trying to exert pressure on Iran to accept its excessive demands by imposing further sanctions on Tehran.

"The US diplomacy is rooted in bullying, pressure and hostility; hence, no result can be expected from the upcoming talks," he added.

The new sanctions were imposed against Tehran while Iranian officials have always underlined the country's determination to settle the nuclear dispute with the West and the necessity for the full removal of all sanctions if there is to be a deal with the world powers.

In October, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that the country would continue talks with the world powers to restore its right of using the peaceful nuclear technology and remove the sanctions.

Addressing a gathering of local people in the Northwestern city of Zanjan, President Rouhani said that Iranian nuclear negotiating team has the support of both the Supreme Leader and the nation, underlining that Iran is resolved to continue its constructive interaction with the Sextet of world powers to narrow down differences over its civilian nuclear program to remove all sanctions for ever.

He said Iranians should be confident that the country's officials, particularly nuclear negotiators, would never compromise national interests under any conditions.

Also in October, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi described the removal of all sanctions against Tehran as a precondition for a comprehensive deal with the world powers, and said Iran will not retreat even an iota from its nuclear rights.

"Iran's negotiations with the Group 5+1 is progressing on a hard path with ups and downs and there is no bright perspective envisaged for its ending by the deadlines," Araqchi said.

Stressing Iran's full preparedness to take more actions for increased transparency in its nuclear program, he, meantime, said, "We will not retreat even one step from the country's nuclear rights; no machine or equipment will be dismantled, the country's R&D will not be impaired and the most important of all, the industrial enrichment will be materialized powerfully and within the framework of the country's needs."

Araqchi underscored the necessity for the removal of all embargos against Iran, and said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran will not accept the remaining of even one sanction in the comprehensive nuclear agreement.

By Fars News Agency

 

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