In letters to his counterparts at the European Parliament and the parliaments of France, Britain, Germany, Russia and China, Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the new US law is “unfair and discriminatory” in nature.
Seif said the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has a total of $2.5 billion frozen in New York, including the interest on top of the original $1.7 billion held in Citibank accounts.
Tehran has said that some US courts are making a travesty of justice and law, having sentenced Iran over the past few years to paying restitution to victims of terror acts carried out by known citizens of US allies.
If the law takes effect exactly as approved by the US Congress, it would amount to the breach of JCPOA, Zarif told a joint press conference with his Mongolian counterpart.
The downing of a Russian fighter jet and a recent military attack of the Zionist regime against Damascus will promote warmongering in the region, Larijani told the Bulgarian top diplomat.
An Iranian MP has said that the new US visa decision may not directly restrict Iran, but the problem it causes for citizens of other countries in visiting Iran add up to restriction for Iran
An Iranian economist has said that a monkey wrench has been thrown into the works of Iran’s economy in the form of a US congressional bill, adding that Iranian officials should oppose the bill which violates JCPOA.
Iran says the US Congress bill on Iranian nationals entering the US is in contradiction to both international free trade and basic human rights principles.
Iranian deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs says Iran is negotiating with P5+1 and with the European Union’s foreign policy coordinator on the recent legislation passed by the US House of Representatives.
The wisest approach Iran can adopt before the US presidential elections is to take advantage of the current situation in the West to advance its interests and stabilize its rational image in the court of public opinion in the West.
Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said the Islamic Republic has been the victim of serious cyber-attacks, such as the Stuxnet case, in recent years.
If JCPOA is implemented well, it will lay the foundation for fewer tensions with the US and create the conditions for a new era, President Rouhani said.
Carter had better save the US more troubles like the ones it is already bedeviled by in Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen, the Iranian defense chief said.
The secretary of the Supreme National Security Council has said that Iranophobia and Shiite Crescent plots were engineered to overshadow Iran’s position as the anchor of stability in the region.
Such remarks show that from the perspective of US officials, Arab countries are even incapable of using the weapons they need, Afkham said in reaction to comments by Ashton Carter.
