Tehran, YJC. Shohani says that by avoiding a coalition between the EU and US, Iran could have managed the sanctions.
Ahmad
Shohani, member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Majlis,
in an interview with Mehr News Agency praising the Ahmadinejad administration
for its resistance against world arrogance as the core of its foreign policy
and said "The resistance which we showed on many issues, including the nuclear
case, have become an example for the world.”
He added
"The government could have managed situations in a way to prevent the EU and US from
conjoining for sanctions against Iran.”
Shohani
pointed out that in previous administrations there was a certain distance
between the two blocs in their relations to Iran, adding "If we had prevented
the EU and US to converge so much on issues related to Iran, we could have
prevented the sanctions that have caused so many economic problems.”
Also
pointing to the incumbent administration’s policies on Syria, he said "Positions
in support of Syria were in unison with the system and satisfactory.”
Shohani’s
assertion on Ahmadinejad’s performance on Syria comes despite Kosari, another
lawmaker’s, who had said that Ahmadinejad appeared poorly on the issue.