Iran will respond to any new U.S. sanctions: deputy foreign minister

Abbas Araqchi

IRAN, JULY 26, 2017  - Iran will respond if the U.S. government passes new sanctions, deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Wednesday, according to state media.

New sanctions being discussed in the U.S. Congress are 'a completely clear hostile act and against the  Iranian regime and ... will be met with a definitive response,' Araqchi, who is also a top nuclear negotiator

He did not specify what actions Iran would take.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to slap new sanctions on Iran, Russia and North Korea. The Republican-controlled Senate passed an earlier version of the bill with near-unanimous support.

Extracted from Reuters