Iran Foreign Ministry slams new US sanctions
Iran Press TV
Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:16PM GMT
Iran Foreign Ministry slams the new US sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic as not constructive, saying that the US administration is responsible for these indiscreet moves.
"Unfortunately, we are witnessing serious confusion in the approach, decisions and remarks of American officials, and the US administration is fully responsible for the consequences of [these] indiscreet measures," Iran Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said on Friday.
On Thursday, the administration of US President Barack Obama issued new sanctions against more than a dozen companies and individuals for "providing support for" Iran's nuclear energy program.
Afkham said the US Treasury Department's "unconstructive, repetitive and useless" measure is in contrast with the US officials' efforts to dissuade the American legislative bodies from adopting new sanctions against Iran in line with the recent nuclear deal between Tehran and the six world powers.
She was referring to the deal inked between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- Russia, China, France, Britain and the US -- plus Germany in the Swiss city of Geneva on November 24 in a bid to set the stage for the full resolution of the West's decade-old dispute with Iran over the country's nuclear energy program.
Afkham said a group of people inside and outside the US administration are trying to kill the Geneva deal.
Under the Geneva deal, the six countries have undertaken to lift some of the existing sanctions against the Islamic Republic in exchange for Iran agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities during six months. It was also agreed that no more sanctions would be imposed on Iran within the same timeframe.
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