Iran Warns New Sanctions Could Spark 'Unpleasant' Response, Create Distrust
Iranian officials Sunday condemned new sanctions announced by the U.S., accusing it and Israel of taking out their failures in the Gaza Strip on Tehran. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of Iran’s Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, called the sanctions a “flagrant violation” of last year’s Joint Plan of Action that came as talks began on Iran’s nuclear program.
“The U.S. and Israel are trying to make up for their failures by imposing new sanctions [on Tehran] as they see Iran is responsible for their fiasco in Gaza,” Boroujerdi said on the government-run Press TV. He added Tehran’s support of the Palestinians was instrumental in the outcome. A cease-fire currently is in effect in Gaza, but the agreement did not address some of Hamas’ key demands. More than 2,100 Palestinians were killed and 11,000 injured in the fighting that began in July.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said at a Sunday news conference Iran’s response to the new sanctions could “be unpleasant to the other side,” but did not elaborate.
Boroujerdi said Iran should register its objections at the next round of nuclear talks, which are set to begin in mid-September on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York after the involved parties failed to meet a self-imposed July 20 deadline for an agreement.
Foreign Ministry representative Marziehy Afkham said Iran rejects the U.S. action as an “unacceptable and unilateral interpretation” of Iran’s agreement with the so-called P5+1 -- the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the U.S., Russia, France, China and Britain) plus Germany, the Tehran Times reported.
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