Iran condemns US sanctions and promises broad response to any attack

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif renewed condemnation of the new US sanctions against Iran, and Iran's Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami vowed that any country attacking his country would become a battlefield, and Rahim Safavi, an advisor to the Iranian leader, threatened a regional response to any US attack.

In response to Washington's imposition of new sanctions on Tehran, Zarif said Washington must realize that it is not the only major economic power and that several countries want to benefit from his country's market.

Zarif said after arriving in New York to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly that when Washington repeatedly imposes sanctions on the institutions already punished in order to kneel Iran, this is a sign of failure and despair, considering it an attempt to prevent the Iranians from access to food and medicine, he said.

US President Donald Trump announced yesterday that his country has imposed new sanctions against Iran, including its central bank, and "the most severe ever against a country," noting that the sanctions were imposed in response to the attack on Saturday, two oil facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco in the east of the Kingdom.

"While Iran's foreign minister threatens all-out war, we are here to build an alliance aimed at achieving peace," US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a visit to Abu Dhabi.

Zarif responded on Twitter by saying that "Pompeo seems to have understood the wrong thing. It is not Iran that wants to fight, but his hosts from Team B (referring to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed) who seem to want." In fighting Iran to the last American. "

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she strongly opposed any possible military action against Iran. ".

Military threats
For his part, General Salami promised to bring down the drones that violate his country's airspace. "Beware, the limited aggression will not remain limited. We will seek punishment and will continue until we are fully prepared for any aggressor," he said.

"Anyone who wants his territory to become the main battlefield, let it go," he said. "We will never allow any war to reach Iran."

General Safavi said any US attack would face a cold in the Mediterranean and Red Sea all the way to the Indian Ocean, and any military action against his country would leave "radical changes in the West Asian region."

Safawi added that his country is seeking sustainable stability and the exit of foreign forces from the region, saying that what Yemenis are doing is a reciprocal response to those who kill their children and bomb their cities.

He also considered the adviser to the Iranian leader for military affairs that "America's allies and aggressors on Yemen and Palestine are now consumers and tired because their policies have failed miserably."