A deputy Iranian foreign minister says any attempts by the upcoming administration of US President Donald Trump to re-impose Washington’s “maximum pressure” policy against Iran will be met with “maximum resistance” on the part of the Islamic Republic.

According to The Iran Project, Majid Takht Ravanchi, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi’s deputy for political affairs, made the remarks to The Financial Times.

Trump undertook the strategy during his first presidency, unilaterally and illegally leaving a historic nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers and returning and even intensifying the sanctions that the deal had lifted.

If Trump adopted such an approach again, “maximum pressure will be met with maximum resistance,” Takht Ravanchi said.