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Iran: ‘Childish’ Sanctions on Zarif Show US Afraid of FM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ridiculed the United States for its "childish" sanctions on the country's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif following its proposal of unconditional talks.

Hassanin Tayea by Hassanin Tayea
10:26 AM August 1, 2019
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and President Hassan Rouhani

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and President Hassan Rouhani

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has ridiculed the United States for its “childish” sanctions on the country’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif following its proposal of unconditional talks.

“The US is resorting to childish behaviour… Maybe there’s no better way to describe (the sanctions) but childish. It is claiming every day ‘We want to talk, with no preconditions’ …and then they sanction the foreign minister. This means that they have lost the power of rational thought”.

Rouhani suggested that the move showed Washington was “afraid” of the top Iranian diplomat,

“They are afraid of our foreign minister’s interviews. It is completely clear that the foundations of the White House have been shaken by the words and logic of an informed, devoted and diplomatic individual”, the president said in a televised speech, alluding to a series of interviews Zarif gave to foreign media outlets.

His remarks echoed a comment by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi, who earlier said that Washington feared Zarif’s negotiating skills.

“The peak of stupidity and inconsistency of America’s leaders is at a point where they don’t recognize Dr Zarif as being influential in Iran’s policy but with the ultimate ignorance they sanction him! The Americans have a strong fear of the logic of Dr. Zarif and his negotiating skills”, Mousavi said.

The US Department of the Treasury announced on Wednesday that Washington had introduced sanctions against Zarif, while a senior administration official claimed that the United States would not recongise Zarif’s role in potential negotiations of a new nuclear agreement with Tehran.

“Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran’s supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), and is the regime’s primary spokesperson around the world. The United States is sending a clear message to the Iranian regime that its recent behaviour is completely unacceptable”, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.

Reacting to the move, the foreign minister sarcastically tweeted, “Thank you for considering me such a huge threat to your agenda”.

In late July, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told WFTV 9 that President Donald Trump wanted to talk with Iran without preconditions, but also wanted to change Tehran’s “behaviour”.

US-Iran relations have been tense since Washington unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran in May 2018 and reinstated all sanctions against the Islamic Republic with a stated goal to bring its oil exports to zero.

 

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