Iran Press/Europe: Washington’s unilateral sanctions slapped on Iran and other countries are illegal and are de facto a tool of diktat, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told reporters on Thursday.
"A decision by the [US] administration to continue ‘the policy of maximum pressure’ against Iran certainly implies neither the weakening of sanctions nor any alternatives to what we see after the US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action," the senior diplomat said.
"We are deeply convinced that any unilateral sanctions as a foreign policy tool are illegal and they are in violation of international law norms, serving as a tool of imposing will, de facto diktat and other manifestations of hegemonic policy, and this refers to Iran as well as other countries," Ryabkov noted.
The high-ranking diplomat pointed out that although the Americans have realized that these sanctions have not yielded any positive results of late, they still stick to this policy, which is bound to fail, and is unlikely to make US foreign policy a success.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Thursday announced the resumption of uranium enrichment activities at the Fordow nuclear facility as part of the fourth incremental step reducing Iran's commitment to JCPOA. The steps taken by Iran are a reaction to Trump's withdrawal of United States from JCPOA on 8 May 2018, and Europe's subsequent failure to protects Iran's economic interests vis-a-vis US sanctions.
Tehran had warned that if the other parties do not take practical steps to safeguard Iran's interests, the fourth step would follow.
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