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Iran says new U.S. sanctions aimed at creating tension - Yahoo! News
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry said on
Friday that U.S. sanctions imposed this week as
part of a broader effort to force Tehran to scrap
sensitive nuclear work were aimed at "creating
tension" in the Islamic state ahead of June
presidential elections. Washington imposed sanctions on Iran's main
agency in charge of broadcasting on Wednesday
for helping the government censor Western
reports, and targeted Iran's oil earnings in an
effort to prevent funds being used on its disputed
atomic program. The West believes Iran is seeking to develop
nuclear weapons but Iran maintains its nuclear
program is entirely peaceful. "The new round of sanctions ... are designed to
put pressure on the nation and to create a gap
between the (Iranian) nation and government,"
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin
Mehmanparast was quoted as saying by the
semi-official Fars news agency. "In the remaining time to the (presidential)
election, they want to create tension, crisis and
instability in the country by imposing great
pressure," he added. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest authority,
on Thursday rebuffed a U.S. offer of direct talks,
saying Iran would not be intimidated by pressure
or the threat of military action.
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry said on
Friday that U.S. sanctions imposed this week as
part of a broader effort to force Tehran to scrap
sensitive nuclear work were aimed at "creating
tension" in the Islamic state ahead of June
presidential elections. Washington imposed sanctions on Iran's main
agency in charge of broadcasting on Wednesday
for helping the government censor Western
reports, and targeted Iran's oil earnings in an
effort to prevent funds being used on its disputed
atomic program. The West believes Iran is seeking to develop
nuclear weapons but Iran maintains its nuclear
program is entirely peaceful. "The new round of sanctions ... are designed to
put pressure on the nation and to create a gap
between the (Iranian) nation and government,"
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin
Mehmanparast was quoted as saying by the
semi-official Fars news agency. "In the remaining time to the (presidential)
election, they want to create tension, crisis and
instability in the country by imposing great
pressure," he added. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest authority,
on Thursday rebuffed a U.S. offer of direct talks,
saying Iran would not be intimidated by pressure
or the threat of military action.
