Iran, amid US domestic turmoil and new sanctions, is prioritizing ties with Europe, Egypt, and Arab states, while leveraging nuclear talks and intelligence to pressure the US and isolate Israel. Iran has been less focused on talks and a deal with the United States in the past week. This comes as US politics are also more focused on domestic issues, particularly protests and riots in California.
Iran knows that US President Donald Trump can shift rapidly from one issue to the next, and it appears Tehran is in a holding pattern, waiting to see what happens. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei recently condemned new US sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic, noting that they show Washington’s entrenched hostility toward the Iranian nation, Iran’s IRNA state media reported.
“Baqaei, in a statement carried by the Foreign Ministry late on Saturday, criticized the United States’ newly announced sanctions that target more than two dozen individuals and entities accused of being engaged in commercial and banking activities with Iran. ”Iran is frustrated by what it sees as these “unilateral actions” by the US. The Iranian official “said that the coercive economic restrictions, which are designed to exacerbate hardships for Iranian citizens and deprive them of fundamental human rights, would only serve to fortify Iran’s determination in safeguarding its legitimate national interests against the US’s excessive demands,” the IRNA report said. (Read More)
“Baqaei, in a statement carried by the Foreign Ministry late on Saturday, criticized the United States’ newly announced sanctions that target more than two dozen individuals and entities accused of being engaged in commercial and banking activities with Iran. ”Iran is frustrated by what it sees as these “unilateral actions” by the US. The Iranian official “said that the coercive economic restrictions, which are designed to exacerbate hardships for Iranian citizens and deprive them of fundamental human rights, would only serve to fortify Iran’s determination in safeguarding its legitimate national interests against the US’s excessive demands,” the IRNA report said. (Read More)
