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Iran will ‘proudly bypass’ US sanctions: Rouhani
TEHRAN, Nov 5, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said the
Islamic republic “will proudly bypass sanctions” by the United States that
took effect on Monday targeting the country’s oil and financial sectors.
“I announce that we will proudly bypass your illegal, unjust sanctions
because it’s against international regulations,” Rouhani said in a televised
speech.
“We are in a situation of economic war, confronting a bullying power. I
don’t think that in the history of America, someone has entered the White
House who is so against law and international conventions,” he added.
The renewed US sanctions aim to significantly curb Iran’s oil exports and
cut it off from international finance, and follow US President Donald Trump’s
controversial decision in May to abandon the multi-nation nuclear deal with
Tehran.
BSS/AFP/MR/1250 hrs