Rouhani:

Iran Not to Compromise over Redlines

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined that his government is determined to overcome the brutal sanctions re-imposed by the US against the Iranian nation, and said that the Islamic Republic will never negotiate over its redlines with foreigners.

News ID: 447982

Date: 13 December 2019 - 12:56

RNA - “We should either bypass the sanctions or compel the enemy to repent, and the administration is determined to frustrate this plot (sanctions) both through boosting domestic production and other different means like negotiations,” Rouhani said at a weekly cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday.

“But in doing so, the administration will act in line with the establishment’s red lines and will not cross them,” he added.

According to Fars News Agency, in May 2018, US President Donald Trump unilaterally pulled his country out of the international deal, in defiance of global criticism, and later re-imposed the sanctions that had been lifted against Tehran as part of the agreement.

In response to the move, Tehran has so far rowed back on its nuclear commitments four times in compliance with Articles 26 and 36, but stressed that its retaliatory measures will be reversible as soon as Europe finds practical ways to shield the mutual trade from the sanctions.

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