“The anti-Iran articles of the law are reflective of a continuation of America’s hostile, provocative and interventionist beliefs and policies against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also of attempts aimed at spreading Iranophobia and hyping up a security situation against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Nasser Kanaani said in a statement released on Friday.
He said making certain baseless claims about Iran’s regional activities are indicative of a continuation of America’s destructive and destabilizing role in the Persian Gulf region and West Asia.
“The repetition of fake claims in the law over Iran’s peaceful nuclear energy program comes while America has violated its commitments and international law by unilaterally leaving the Joint Comprehensive plan of Action (JCPOA), and it has been the Islamic Republic of Iran who has helped protect the JCPOA through initiatives and diplomatic flexibility, despite not having benefited fully from its rights within the framework of the agreement,” the spokesman stated.
“Iran’s bilateral cooperation with other governments in various fields, including conventional defense cooperation, lies in the framework of mutual interests and welfare, is in accordance with international commitments and rights, and is not against any third country. The US itself has more agreements than any other countries on military- and defense-related sales and cooperation in the region, and it has increased risks to regional peace and stability by establishing various and numerous military bases there,” he added, the Foreign Ministry’s official website reported.
Kanaani noted that Iran has announced time and again that production of nuclear arms has no place in its defense doctrine.
“As a member state of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, Iran is well familiar with its rights and commitments. There is no doubt that leveling unfounded claims about the Islamic Republic of Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities will not contribute at all to attempts toward legitimizing America’s measures and unlawful unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran and toward blackmailing the country, and Iran has proven that it will not give in to the logic of force,” he said.
“America’s full-scale support for the occupying and usurping Zionist regime as the sole possessor of nuclear arms in West Asia, including the provision of unconditional support to the regime’s secretive nuclear weapons program, constitutes the most serious threat against regional and international peace and security and the most significant challenge to the nuclear non-proliferation regime. This is a clear example of the hypocrisy and the dual and discriminatory policies pursued by different American administrations, which are condemned and rejected among the world public opinion,” Kanaani concluded.