Iran Condemns Trump's Endorsement of Sanctions Bill

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Iranian foreign ministry condemned US President Donald Trump's endorsement of a congress bill to impose fresh sanctions against Tehran, stressing the country's reaction to the hostile move.

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Date: 03 August 2017 - 17:18

"Iran with due patience and wisdom will take measure toward (its) national security and people's interests," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Thursday.
He described the US anti-Iran move as reactionary, illegitimate and irrational and against the human principles and international laws, and said that the move was also the latest indication of the US hostility to all freedom-seeking people around the world and the Iranian nation with rich culture and civilization as well.
The bill approved in US recently will affect the successful implementation of the July 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Qassemi said, adding that it is also criticized by different world countries, including the US allies.
Recent bill in the US which approved new sanctions against Iran, Russia and North Korea showed once again the unilateral and hostile policies being followed by the US officials, the diplomat added.
Pointing to the latest meeting of the headquarters to monitor the implementation of the JCPOA and the decisions taken about reacting to the recent US anti-Iran sanctions, Qassemi said that Tehran will not keep silent on the violation of the JCPOA by Washington.
The Iranian parliament and government will soon declare a series of reciprocal measures to that violation, he added.
"Iran will stand against the US hostile measure, and will make serious efforts as always to ensure peace and security," and will also endeavor to fight relentlessly with terrorism in the region, he said underlining Tehran will never let others follow the expansionist policies to make the region insecure, Qassemi said.
Iran, undoubtedly, will not be trapped in the sinister triangle consisting of Wahhabi terrorism, Zionism and global arrogance, he noted.
Qassemi advised the US officials not to play the blame game, and avoid Iranophobia policies, and instead think of solving the numerous problems the American people are facing inside that country.
President Trump on Wednesday morning signed legislation imposing sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea, according to the White House.
His signature caps a months-long process of passing a sanctions bill that started in the Senate as an effort to rein in Iran, but quickly expanded to target Russia.
Democrats in the Senate insisted on including Russia as a way to retaliate against what they called as Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, and its move into Ukraine in 2014.