Tehran, YJC. Jahangiri has said that Iran will adopt a wise reaction to the recent US sanctions.
Speaking in the sidelines of a meeting with Iran’s
governor-generals on Monday morning, First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said
that Iran will take time to decide on a proper response to the recent US
sanctions that have been rendered despite the Geneva deal on the country’s nuclear
program.
This move fully runs counter to the process of the
settlement of the nuclear issue, he added, according to IRNA.
Jahangiri reiterated however that Tehran is committed to
continue the talks with G5+1.
His remarks came after Washington, once again, imposed a new
wave of sanctions against Iranian companies and individuals despite the interim
nuclear deal reached in November 24, 2013, between Tehran and the six major
world powers.
The US Treasury Department said on Friday that the sanctions
have targeted shipping firms, oil companies, airlines and six Iranian banks.
Last November, Iran and the world powers sealed a six-month
Joint Plan of Action to lay the groundwork for the full resolution of the West’s
decade-old dispute with Iran over its nuclear energy program. In exchange for
Tehran’s confidence-building bid to limit certain aspects of its nuclear
activities, the sextet of world powers agreed to lift some of the existing
sanctions against Tehran and continue talks with the country to settle all
problems between the two sides.
Due to disagreements over some fundamental issues the two
sides agreed to extend the Joint Plan of Action by November 24.