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Tehran – Iran lives in a state of anxiety and apprehension in the context of Washington’s unilateral declaration to re-impose UN sanctions, which is evidenced in recent statements by Iranian officials despite claims to the contrary.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh described the sanctions imposed by the United States on his country as a “bloodless war”.
This occurred during a speech he gave on Monday at the signing ceremony of 13 agreements with universities on oil and gas exploration, according to the Iranian Oil Ministry News Agency (Shana).
Zanganeh noted that today marks the 40th anniversary of the start of the war between Iran and Iraq, adding: “Today we are still waging a war. It is a bloodless war that the United States launched against us.”
These statements reveal the state of frustration that Iran is experiencing after its involvement in creating unprecedented regional and international hostility.
And Washington announced that the United Nations sanctions that were lifted by virtue of the agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (2015), came into force again at midnight on Saturday Sunday, warning of “consequences” for countries that are not committed to it. .
Washington has vowed to punish those who violate sanctions, in a move that was criticized by Russia and the European parties to the nuclear deal, on whom Tehran relied to evade international responsibility.
And on Sunday, several Iranian leaders tried to absorb the impact of the imposition of sanctions, as several officials said that the international rejection of the United States action is in their favor, and that the policy of “maximum pressure” that the Trump administration has continued to do so for years has transformed Washington’s “greatest isolation”.
The clearest position in this context came from President Hassan Rouhani, who said on the sidelines of a government meeting that “the US policy of maximum pressure against Iran, in its political and legal form, has become a policy of greater pressure. isolation for the United States. “
He noted that the United States, the most prominent of the five permanent members, had suffered “three consecutive defeats in the UN Security Council, that is, in the place that the Americans have always thought was their strong point.”
