Tehran condemns new US sanctions, says they reveal 'chronic addiction to unilateralism'

TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Ministry has vehemently condemned new U.S. sanctions targeting the country's energy sector as an "illegal and hostile assault on the dignity and rights of the Iranian people."

Lot of contradiction within Trump administration on Iran: Western diplomat

In a matter of days, US President Donald Trump has extended a hand to Iran. His administration has both demanded that Iran dismantle its nuclear program and offered more flexibility, AFP reported.

Foreign Ministry cites Washington’s hostile and hypocritical moves against Iran

Iran won't negotiate under pressure, Tehran tells US

TEHRAN - On Wednesday night, the Iranian Foreign Ministry released a fact sheet featuring the United States long list of historically hostile actions towards the Islamic Republic and denounced Washington’s hypocritical approach towards the country, Press TV reported.

Trump says he would ‘bomb the hell out of Iran’ if it doesn’t agree to his demands

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump made shocking statements on Saturday, suggesting in remarks to an American media outlet that he would first attempt to secure a deal requiring extreme military concessions from Iran, but if unsuccessful, he would "bomb the hell” out of the country.

It is just a wish for US to zero out Iran’s oil export: minister

TEHRAN – Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said on Sunday that zeroing out Iran’s oil export through renewing the “maximum pressure” policy, which had already ended in failure, is purely an illusion.

“Smart people ought to choose 'maximum wisdom' instead of maximum pressure”

It’s not difficult to ascertain Iran won’t seek nuclear arms, Iran FM tells Trump

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday night responded to Donald Trump that signed a presidential memorandum to reinstate “maximum pressure” against Iran, calling it a “failed experience”.

Maximum pressure failed before, will fail again: officials react to Trump’s latest anti-Iran move

TEHRAN – Iranian officials have dismissed or slammed U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest remarks and actions, who on Tuesday signed a presidential memorandum that authorized supposedly more severe sanctions against Iran and accused the country of pursuing nuclear weapons. 

Trump to “restore” his maximum pressure campaign on Iran: Reuters 

TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign a presidential memorandum on Tuesday to “restore” the infamous "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran, according to Reuters citing an unidentified U.S. official. 

Sanctions on Iran harder than it seems: Richard Nephew

TEHRAN - Writing an article in the Jerusalem Strategic Tribune, Richard Nephew, the architect of sanctions against Iran during the Obama administration, says sanctions on Iran are “harder than it seems”, especially as the situation has changed in the world.

‘Maximum pressure’ on Iran led to U.S. ‘maximum failure’: diplomat

TEHRAN- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, stressed on Tuesday that Washington's animosity toward the Islamic Republic is nothing unusual, noting that successive administrations have adopted a strategy of "maximum pressure" against the country.

‘Iranians have been deprived of full benefits of sanctions lifting’

EU’s Borrell: “Maximum pressure” against Iran failed

TEHRAN - In May 2018, former U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally quit the 2015 nuclear deal under his “maximum pressure” campaign against Iran.

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Doha talks will provide good opportunity for Iran and U.S.: professor

TEHRAN – Farhang Jahanpour, a former Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at Harvard, has a positive view toward the new format and venue of the talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.

Biden continuing wrongheaded Trump-era policy on Iran: MSNBC

TEHRAN - In a commentary on May 20, the MSNBC criticized Joe Biden’s policy toward the Iran nuclear deal which is on life support, saying 18 months into his presidency he is “continuing wrongheaded Trump-era policy on Iran”.