FM: US pressures against Iran out of frustration

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that the US has grown frustrated with ineffectiveness of its pressures on Iran, adding that Washington's economic war against Tehran will backfire.

"The US misuse of its economic arm will rebound on itself. Russia and China have recently decided to ditch dollar in their trade transactions, and other countries will gradually do the same. If this happens, the US will lose a great deal of its economic power,” Zarif said in Tehran on Sunday, addressing a local conference on US sanctions and its unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA).

“The US moves are the result of its own mistakes and bad decisions in the region. It wasn’t us who sided with (the terrorist group of) Daesh, the al-Nusra Front and the aggressors in Yemen,” he said.

“The US pressure stems from its frustration. They are confronting us from a position of weakness, while proving their penchant for breaking law and adopting the law of the jungle in their policies," Zarif said.

The top diplomat went on to add that “in my opinion, Iran has a bright future because it has made the right decisions”.

EA