Zarif: There is no point in US economic pressure on Iran

Tehran-Sana

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said his country would not bow to US economic pressure.

"Iran will not give in to the economic pressures of the administration of President Donald Trump," Zarif was quoted as saying in an interview with NPR.

On Washington's recent allegations against Tehran about involvement in the attack on Saudi Aramco's oil facilities, Zarif said, "Iran has nothing to do with this issue." "Israel".

He also reiterated the Iranian initiative for peace in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf region, stressing the need for cooperation of the eight countries of this region to implement this initiative.

"The importance of the Strait of Hormuz is not confined to the strategic aspect only," Zarif told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York. "The initiative of Hormuz or the Coalition for Hope proposed by the Iranian president is very serious for us."

He said: This initiative is a change of direction from the vision of buying security to rely on the people of the region itself and cooperation between them because they constitute the pillar of regional security and without them security will be elusive.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated in his statements today before heading to participate in the UN General Assembly meetings in New York that his country will submit a project to the United Nations to ensure security in the region will be titled “Hormuz Security Initiative” and aims to secure the cooperation of the countries of the region and their capabilities to maintain security ” .

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