Iranian president Rouhani terms US sanctions as 'idiotic and outrageous'

June 25, 2019 14:27

Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, on Monday said that Washington's decision to impose more sanctions on its leadership was another indication that the United States "has no respect for international law and order," even as President Hassan Rouhani, in a televised address, termed the sanctions as "idiotic and outrageous".

On Monday US President Donald Trump imposed a fresh set of sanctions on Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a string of military commanders, days after Teheran said it shot down an American drone in the region on Thursday.

"You sanction the foreign minister simultaneously with a request for talks?' Rouhani said on state television, referring to remarks by US officials suggesting plans to sanction Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif later this month, report Erin Cunningham and Ruth Eglash in the Washington Post.

And Al Jazeera reports that Ravanchi, Iran's envoy to the UN, told reporters outside the world body's headquarters in New York, that Washington should stop its "economic war" against Iranians.

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