The ministry released a fact sheet on Wednesday that includes many of the US violations regarding Iran, including the recovery of so-called “maximum pressure” policies on the Islamic Republic, news outlets reported.
The US launched its policy as president under Donald Trump’s previous tenure and resumed it under his current incumbent, with the US CEO taking on February 4th, with the new “President’s National Security Memorandum” “, through which he ordered strengthening economic and political pressures. Islamic Republic.
The ministry described the policy as an extension of Washington’s long-standing hostile attitude towards Tehran.
Meanwhile, “maximum pressure” never halted after Trump’s previous term fell, as Joe Biden’s previous US administration not only retained state sanctions on Iran, but also imposed hundreds more. He claimed that it was.
The ministry reiterated the Islamic Republic’s commitment to resist such enforcement measures, stressing that the state should not be subjected to illegal and unfair economic pressure.
“The dual approach exposes US hypocrisy.”
The US had been implementing policies, but at the same time it is calling for negotiations with Iran on the nuclear issue, noting that such an attitude is contradictory to Washington’s rhetoric.
Iran emphasizes that it has always supported diplomacy and has engaged in negotiations in good faith. But at the same time, it reminds us that as long as we deal with the Islamic Republic, pressure and threat tactics will not bring about consequences.
Meanwhile, Iranian authorities warn that such a contradictory approach will only deepen distrust and only undermine the possibility of meaningful diplomatic involvement.
US nuclear deal violations
The fact sheet further highlighted the US’s performance in 2015 on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement supported by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
The former Trump administration withdrew from the transaction in 2018 in a unilateral and illegal move despite approval by the UNSC. It then returned sanctions that had been lifted by the agreement, further increasing economic pressure on the Islamic Republic.
The document underlined Washington’s departure despite Iran’s full compliance with the contract confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“Despite the past four years of intensive negotiations to revive the Washington state JCPOA, they have expressed their desire to return to agreement, but have fulfilled their commitment and lifted sanctions on the Iranian state. “I was not willing to do anything. On various occasions, I prevented negotiations from reaching a final conclusion.”
Historic US hostility towards Iran
The document also recalls the long history of other aggressive American actions against Iran, dating back to the 1953 coup.
He gave many examples, including the war against Iran between 1980 and 1988, the freeze of Iran’s assets, and the military provocations, including the military support of Washington and other cases of former Iraqi Saddam Hussein’s support.
It also reminded me of the early 2020 Iran’s former top terrorist commander and highly respected national and regional personality, Lt. Gen. Kasem Soleimani, and Iran’s nuclear weapons by the Israeli regime. It promoted targeting scientists – so far, at least seven scientists have assassinated.
The role of Washington in regional instability
Furthermore, the fact sheet challenges allegations that Iran supported “terrorism” and argues that the Islamic Republic is in fact a major victim of terrorism in the region.
It pointed to the sacrifices made by Iranian soldiers in the fight against the Dash Takfiri terrorist groups in the region and other similar outfits.
Meanwhile, the ministry has repeatedly promoted regional instability by supporting groups such as Dash, Al Qaeda and Al Nusra Front, and has been working to provide current geopolitical benefits. – Repeated Siamese.
Furthermore, the statement argued that Washington would try to brand its continued support for Iran’s regional resistance movement. He argued that fighting Israeli occupation and attacks would be raised as a way to nurture “terrorism” as an excuse to protect the Israeli regime from liability from abuse of local people. Includes resistance members.
“Labeling Iran’s support for regional resistance groups and Muslim states – fighting for the liberation of their land and human dignity against the occupation regime – “promoting terrorism” does not change reality.” I emphasized it.
“Criticizing the Islamic Republic is a futile US attempt to protect the Zionist regime from accountability and to escape responsibility from the US for its full-scale and absolute support for the administration’s crimes.” Tel Aviv’s military attack political, military and intellectual support for.
American human rights violations, economic warfare
The department also condemned claims to defend Washington’s human rights, highlighting the full support of Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip and the devastation caused by Iranian sanctions.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the US has tightened its sanctions, exacerbated Iran’s humanitarian situation, claiming that American policies have directly targeted Iranian people, and contradictions with self-proclaimed concerns about Washington’s human rights He claimed that he was doing it.
Iran’s response: Diplomacy with strength, dignity
In American attitudes, Iranian leadership, led by the principle of “dignity, wisdom and convenience,” would refuse to negotiate under pressure, the document emphasized.
Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Revolution, repeatedly engaged in meetings under forced conditions and undermined Iran’s sovereignty.
However, Tehran remains open to diplomacy that protects its national interests.
While committing to diplomatic solutions, Iran warned that attacks on national security will be met with a decisive response, emphasizing that the province will continue to pursue the interests of the Islamic Republic from a strength standpoint, He pledged to ensure national sovereignty and regional stability. It remained unnegotiable.
The ministry ultimately reaffirmed that Iran had never pursued the acquisition of nuclear weapons and cited a binding religious order (fatwa) issued by its leadership against such a prospect.
It called on the United States, the only country that deployed nuclear weapons, to refrain from using nuclear issues as an excuse for conflict.
MNA