Iran has further responded to the new U.S. sanctions announced by the U.S. Treasury Department on Oct. 8 with very harsh language. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, during a meeting with the governor of Iran’s central bank, called the sanctions “cruel” and “inhumane,” but noted that the new move by Washington will fail to crush the Iranian nation’s resistance amid the COVID-19 crisis, reported Tasnim. The move by the U.S. government to sanction the country’s financial institutions is for domestic propaganda and political purposes, he added.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a message that Iran will not be intimidated by U.S. bullying rhetoric. “The Iranian people aren’t intimidated by the bullying rhetoric of the failing & lawless U.S. regime,” Khatibzadeh wrote in his Twitter account on Saturday. “Our people leave no stone unturned in defending Iran’s dignity,” he added. “WE will choose response to U.S. crimes—including sadistic sanctions & criminal assassination of ISIS #1 enemy Gen Soleimani,”
