Tehran: Iran said on Friday that the United States continuous sanctions against its trade partners will not change its policy after President Donald Trump threatened to penalize countries where individuals dealing with Iranian oil.
“The continuation of these illegal behaviors will not change the logical, legitimate and international positions of international law of Iran,” said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, condemning what he called “the pressure on Iranian trade and economic partners”.
He added that such sanctions have created “a deep suspicion and distrust of the gravity of America on the path of diplomacy”.
Trump promised to explain sanctions on Thursday and called for a global boycott of “any quantity” of Iranian oil or petrochemicals.
“All purchases of Iranian oil or petrochemical products must stop now!” Trump wrote on his social platform for truth.
“Any country or person buying an amount of oil or Iran petrochemicals will be subjected, immediately, secondary sanctions,” he added.
His remarks occurred after Iran confirmed that the next series of nuclear talks with the United States, which was to take place on Saturday, was postponed, the mediator Oman citing “logistical reasons”.
Oman said that the date of a new round “will be announced when it has been agreed.”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, who directed the Iranian delegation during the three cycles of talks that were held so far, said that Iran was ready for a “fair and balanced agreement”.
“There is no change in our determination to guarantee a negotiated solution,” said Araghchi on X, adding that any agreement should guarantee “the end of sanctions”.
The talks mark the highest level contact on the Iranian nuclear program since Trump abandoned a historic agreement between Tehran and the great powers in 2018.
The American president had written to the supreme head of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in March, urging negotiations, but warning against potential military action if they failed.
Since his return to duties in January, Trump has revived the policy of sanctions for “maximum pressure” against Iran, the last announcement on Wednesday and targeting seven companies accused of transporting oil products of Iranian origin.
Tensions on the Iranian nuclear program soaked after Washington withdrew from the 2015 agreement with the great powers which offered tehéran the sanctions in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activities.
Iran joined the agreement for a year after before starting to withdraw its compliance.
Western governments have since accused Tehran of seeking a nuclear weapon capacity, an ambition that she has always denied, insisting that her nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
