Iran rules out tough sanctions
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, June 17, IRNA
Iran-Sanctions-Hosseini
Iran on Tuesday ruled out tough sanctions on Iran saying that British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is not in a position to dictate his own mindset to the European community.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said that no new decision has been made to toughen sanctions against Iran.
Hosseini made the remarks in the 18th International Conference on Persian Gulf in Tehran on Tuesday.
"The Europeans have declared that if Iran refused to give a positive response to the package by the Group 5+1, the assets of Bank Melli might be freezed and sanctions against the country would be toughened," said a reporter.
Hosseini responded that the statement made by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been refuted by other European officials.
"If they manage to take any actions against Iran, the Iranian officials would respond to them in kind," he said.
On probable US attack against Iran, he said based on existing realities in the Persian Gulf region the US is not in a position to make such an action.
Six years after invasion of Iraq, the US try to get rid of Iraq's quagmire and in Afghanistan they failed to attain their goals, Hosseini said.
If the US commits any wrong mistakes, of course, Iran will give a proper response, Hosseini said.
Iran's principles based on deterrent policy and forging ties with other countries, he said.
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