The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dismissed the recent announcement by the United States regarding new sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
“The United States is not in an economic position to further restrict its relations with other countries,” Ghalibaf stated in a message published on social media.
The official characterized as absurd the threats coming from Washington directed at nations that do not align with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in its economic campaign against Tehran.
“The Americans know that no one will believe this nonsense,” emphasized Ghalibaf, who also serves as the head of Iran’s negotiating team. The parliamentary leader asserted that allies of the Islamic Republic will not pay attention to U.S. rhetoric.
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“Iran’s trade partners have made it clear to us, both in the media and through messages, that they do not take these statements seriously,” Ghalibaf declared. On Monday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the administration’s intention to “cut off all economic resources” that “keep the tyrannical Iranian regime alive.”
“Iran faces a very clear choice, with only two possible paths: total isolation and a subsistence economy, or a return to normality, with the opportunity to reintegrate into the global economy,” Bessent warned during a press conference held to present Washington’s new sanctions package against Tehran.
Furthermore, the official warned that states allowing their entities to “facilitate money laundering on behalf of Iran” will be “expelled from the dollar system,” adding that “the countdown has begun.”
More broadly, Bessent warned that countries failing to participate in the U.S. sanctions will “share Iran’s isolation,” following calls made by Donald Trump over the weekend urging several nations to join his “economic war” against the Islamic Republic.
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In an official statement, the U.S. Department of State revealed that the sanctions will target “an extensive network of shippers and facilitators moving Iranian petroleum, as well as petroleum products and petrochemicals.”
The statement alleges that the network involves entities across the United Arab Emirates, China, Singapore, and Europe designed “to fund the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,” which is designated as a terrorist group by the U.S.
In response, Iran’s Minister of Economy promised “another defeat” for the United States following the sanction announcements, assuring that Tehran has a “two-year plan” to handle the situation. The United States has “done everything to test the determination of the Iranian people and the country’s officials, but they have always failed. It seems they wanted to suffer another defeat,” Minister Ali Madanizadeh stated on state television.
“The government was prepared and has a two-year plan to manage these events,” he added.
