Iran vows retaliatory response to fresh sanctions by US
Xinhua, Tehran :
Iran’s Majlis (parliament) has devised retaliatory plans in case that the United States imposes fresh sanctions on the country over its nuclear program, the Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said here Saturday.
The lawmakers have “seriously considered scenarios” to make the United States regretful if the US Congress decides to slap new sanctions on Iran, Larijani was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
“A jump in (expanding) Iran’s nuclear technology” will occur in case of fresh sanctions, he said, adding that Tehran is absolutely capable of doing that.
Iran has already shown necessary flexibility in the course of nuclear talks with six world powers, and the US President Barack Obama’s struggle with the Congress is his own problem and Iran does not have to pay the price for the political infighting in the western state, the Iranian speaker said.
Washington will be held accountable for possible failure of nuclear talks, Larijani made the remarks following the recent push by some US hardline lawmakers to pass new sanctions against Iran.
Meanwhile, the senior Iranian lawmaker, Hossein Naghavi-Hosseini, said Saturday that any new sanctions against Iran will seriously hurt the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers, and the US will be responsible for the probable failure.
Any new sanctions on Iran is against the Geneva accord, and “if this happens it will definitely put an end to the talks,” Naghavi- Hosseini, the spokesman for the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, was quoted as saying by semi-official ISNA news agency.
The six countries-Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States-and Iran clinched an interim agreement in Geneva in November 2013, whereby Iran agreed to cap its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanction relief.
Iran’s Majlis (parliament) has devised retaliatory plans in case that the United States imposes fresh sanctions on the country over its nuclear program, the Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said here Saturday.
The lawmakers have “seriously considered scenarios” to make the United States regretful if the US Congress decides to slap new sanctions on Iran, Larijani was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
“A jump in (expanding) Iran’s nuclear technology” will occur in case of fresh sanctions, he said, adding that Tehran is absolutely capable of doing that.
Iran has already shown necessary flexibility in the course of nuclear talks with six world powers, and the US President Barack Obama’s struggle with the Congress is his own problem and Iran does not have to pay the price for the political infighting in the western state, the Iranian speaker said.
Washington will be held accountable for possible failure of nuclear talks, Larijani made the remarks following the recent push by some US hardline lawmakers to pass new sanctions against Iran.
Meanwhile, the senior Iranian lawmaker, Hossein Naghavi-Hosseini, said Saturday that any new sanctions against Iran will seriously hurt the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the world powers, and the US will be responsible for the probable failure.
Any new sanctions on Iran is against the Geneva accord, and “if this happens it will definitely put an end to the talks,” Naghavi- Hosseini, the spokesman for the Majlis (parliament) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, was quoted as saying by semi-official ISNA news agency.
The six countries-Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States-and Iran clinched an interim agreement in Geneva in November 2013, whereby Iran agreed to cap its nuclear program in exchange for limited sanction relief.
