New US sanctions on Iran prove US not ready for dialogue - Russian deputy FM
Washington's new sanctions against Iran are
unprecedented, and they reduce to zero the value of Washington's previous
signals that it is ready to launch dialogue with the Middle Eastern country,
Sputnik news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as
saying on Tuesday.
The United States imposed on Monday sanctions on
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and eight senior commanders of
Iran's Navy, Aerospace, and Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards
Corps.
"These new unprecedented measures show the real
value of US claims of being interested in having dialogue with Iran. In fact
they reduce to zero the constantly repeated signals that Washington is open and
ready for dialogue. One cannot have dialogue at gunpoint, both literally and
figuratively," Ryabkov told reporters.
The United States is obligated to review its policy
of putting pressure on Iran, as an efficient dialogue will never be in place
otherwise, Ryabkov added.
