Apr 26, 2016, 3:45 PM

Velayati:

US seizure of Iranian assets intl. robbery

US seizure of Iranian assets intl. robbery

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Head of the Strategic Research Center at the Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said the deduction of around USD two billion in frozen Iranian assets recently authorized by a US court ruling is an international robbery, vowing that the Islamic Republic will retrieve the sum.

He made the remarks addressing reporters on the sidelines of a meeting with Swiss Deputy Foreign Minister Yves Rossier on Tuesday, underlining that US hostility with the Islamic Republic of Iran still stands since the Islamic Revolution.

It also reflects the contradictions in US officials’ words, Velayati said, “on the one hand, they reassure the Iranian foreign minister they are committed to their obligations to lift sanctions, and on the other hand, impose new sanctions in other forms obstructing the legal relations for free trade between Iran and other countries.

Velayati said the recent decree by the US Supreme Court is the clear violation of rights, an act of international robbery.

Velayati noted that resistance against US excessive demands is the only way to deal with them, as in previous act Iran finally could restore demands after years of stability and permanence.

 

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