TEHRAN - Kamal Kharrazi, head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, has said that the U.S. Congressional sanctions against Iran prove Washington’s hostility towards the Islamic Republic.

In an interview with Le Monde, he said that the U.S. has never had the tendency to have relations with Iran based on mutual respect, ISNA reported on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump is following the policies that the U.S. adopted against toward Iran after the Islamic Revolution, said Kharrazi, who was foreign minister from 1997-2005.

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have overwhelmingly approved new sanctions packages against Iran.

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