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EU's move puts under question that union's independence

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, July 27, IRNA -- IRI Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said here Monday EU’s deeply regrettable posing of new sanctions against Iran puts under question that union’s political independence.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman made the comment in response to a question regarding the European Union’s imposing of additional sanctions against our country, which he condemned, arguing, “The EU takes its steps under the influence of the pressure impose by the United States, and it does so with eyes that are blind-folded, which leads to losing both its identity and its independence.”

Mehmanparast said that the impose sanctions by that union are both ineffective and unconstructive, adding, “These sanctions neither assist the process of negotiations, nor are able to impose any harm in the will of the Iranian nation for materializing their natural rights regarding their peaceful nuclear program.”

He added, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has many times made moves aimed at generating a positive atmosphere for proceeding towards problem solving, while that union’s move just further complicated the situation.”

The foreign ministry spokesman added, “The recent move of the European Union is made in continuation of the west’s defeated policies against Iran throughout the past 30 years, which have had no results, save for strengthening the spirit of self sufficiency and resistance among the great Iranian nation on the one hand, and depriving the EU in particular, and the entire west in general, of the unique opportunities of cooperation with a regional power with great political, economic and cultural potentials.”

Mehmanparast said, “The path of imposing sanctions is an old, already tried, incompetent path with reverse effects.”

The Iranian diplomat referring to the trust building moves made by the Islamic Republic of Iran, addressing the EU member countries’ officials, and asked them, “How come under such conditions that a step is taken forward some sides step into the scene and try to turn interactions into confrontation?”

Mehmanparast at the end emphasized, “The Islamic Republic of Iran evaluates the European Union’s recent move a another enmious act against the Iranian nation that further aggravates the atmosphere of mistrust between the Iranians nation and the initiators of that move, and will have negative aftermaths for them.”