Iran's Zarif expresses dissatisfaction with new US sanctions
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Mon 16 Dec 2013 - 18:21
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a phone call with his US counterpart John Kerry voiced Iran's dissatisfaction with the new US sanctions against Iran.
'Following the recent development on execution of joint action, the US Secretary of State has had a phone call with Zarif and our Foreign Minister has expressed Iran's dissatisfaction,' Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
According to the statement, Zarif has also had a phone call with the EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton during which the two sides discussed the very issue.
The US Departments of Treasury and State on December 12 issued new sanctions against a number of companies and individuals for "providing support for" Iran's nuclear program.
According to the November 24 deal between Iran and the Sextet – Britain, China, France, Russia and the US plus Germany - no new sanctions should be imposed against the Islamic Republic in the course of six months.
Under the Geneva deal, the Sextet 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.
The interim agreement is aimed at paving the way for the full resolution of the dispute between the West and Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear energy program.
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