US new sanctions to evoke Iran’s harsh response

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi made the remarks in his weekly press conference on Mon. while asked to comment about IRGC chief’s warning against Washington’s new sanctions on Iran under the pretext of the country’s missile program and ‘supporting terrorism’.

IRGC commander Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari said Sunday that if the US designates Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, Iran, too, would consider American army present in West Asia as the ISIL terrorist group.

The foreign ministry spokesman went on to add, "I do hope that the US governing body would refrain from making the same strategic mistake [by imposing further sanctions on Iran], but if they move toward this decision, Iran’s response would be decisive and harsh.”

"I believe that the US has to accept all the consequences of that decision,” he added, while hoping that Washington would not go ahead with that measure.

The Trump administration has certified Iran’s compliance to the nuclear deal twice before, but speculations say the US president will decide to decertify Iran’s compliance in his Oct. 15 report to the Congress - a move that could set up Congress to impose sanctions on Iran that violate the agreement.

To be updated...