Öztürk Yılmaz
A senior main opposition party lawmaker said on Monday that the U.S. sanctions on Iran would cause a destructive effect.
"The U.S. abuses the sovereignty of countries and chains international bodies," Öztürk Yılmaz, a Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker, told reporters at the parliament.
"The single-handed sanctions imposed by the U.S. on Iran without consulting the UN Security Council will cause a destructive effect," said Yılmaz, a lawmaker from eastern Ardahan province.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that new U.S. sanctions were "backfiring", making Washington more isolated, not the Islamic Republic."Today, US defied UN top court and Security Council by reimposing sanctions on Iran that target ordinary people. But US bullying is backfiring... The US — and not Iran — is isolated." Zarif said in a tweet. Germany says legal business relations with Iran should be possibleIsrael thanks Trump for Iran sanctionsSwiss talk with US, Iran about humanitarian payment channel for food, drugsIran says it will defy 'economic war' as US reimposes sanctions
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Yılmaz said: "The U.S. has shown once again that they do not want to obey international rights."
In May, Trump unilaterally withdrew his country from the 2015 landmark nuclear deal signed between Iran and the P5 1 group of nations -- the five permanent UN Security Council members: the U.S., Russia, China, Britain, and France, plus Germany.
He also announced that he would reinstate sanctions against Tehran, which were lifted by the agreement in exchange for tight restrictions on the country's nuclear program.
The U.S. in August re-imposed the first round of economic sanctions on Iran, which mainly target the country’s banking sector.
The second phase of sanctions, targeting Iran’s energy sector, is set to go into effect on Nov. 5.
Britain said on Monday it regretted a U.S. decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran."We regret the reimposition of sanctions by the U.S. We continue to believe that the Iran nuclear deal makes the world a safer place and our position remains that as long as Iran continues to meet its obligations under the deal by respecting strict limits on its nuclear activity, we will be committed to it too," Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesman said."As such we continue to fully support expanding our trade relationship with Iran and encourage UK businesses to take advantage of commercial opportunities that arise."The U.S. has restored sanctions lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by the administration of President Barack Obama and five other world powers. It added 300 new designations in Iran's oil, shipping, insurance and banking sectors. Germany says legal business relations with Iran should be possibleIsrael thanks Trump for Iran sanctionsSwiss talk with US, Iran about humanitarian payment channel for food, drugs
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Germany is convinced that it should enable legal business relations with Iran and is checking how to protect companies affected by sanctions reimposed on Iran by Washington, a government spokesman said on Monday."We are assessing how we will be able to protect the basis of our business engagements there," government spokesman Steffen Seibert said.Israel thanks Trump for Iran sanctionsSwiss talk with US, Iran about humanitarian payment channel for food, drugsIran says it will defy 'economic war' as US reimposes sanctions
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed on Monday what he called U.S. President Donald Trump's courageous decision in reimposing U.S. sanctions on Iran."This day is an historic day," Netanyahu said in public remarks to legislators from his right-wing Likud party."I would like to again thank U.S. President Donald Trump for the courageous, determined and important decision. I think this contributes to stability and security and peace."On Monday, the U.S. administration reinstated all sanctions removed on Iran following a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. The sanctions target Iran’s oil exports, shipping and banks - all core parts of the Iranian economy.Egyptian delegation leaves Gaza after truce talksIsraeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman also thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for imposing sanctions on Iran."President (Donald) Trump's bold decision is the sea-change the Middle East has been waiting for," Lieberman said in a statement on Monday."In a single move, the United States is dealing a critical blow to Iran's entrenchment in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq and Yemen. President Trump, you've done it again! Thank you," he said.Iran's Zarif says sanctions 'backfiring,' isolating USThe U.S. is seeking to "alter" Iranian behavior with the sanctions, and has been leaking out a stream of 12 demands it wants to see Iran agree to in exchange for re-lifting the economic penalties.The U.S. expects to have reduced Iranian oil exports by more than 1 million barrels even before Monday's tranche of economic penalties, which the U.S. has long warned were incoming.All of the other signatories -- China, the European Union, France, Germany, Iran, Russia and the United Kingdom -- have remained in the nuclear deal despite the U.S. withdrawal.The accord provided Iran with billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions in exchange for sweeping curbs on and inspections of its nuclear program.Britain regrets imposition of US sanctions on Iran: PM May's spokesmanGermany says legal business relations with Iran should be possibleSwiss talk with US, Iran about humanitarian payment channel for food, drugs
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