Iranian MPs draft plan to reassess ties with Russia, China

TEHRAN, June 13 (MNA) – Some lawmakers have drafted a plan to lower ties with Russia and China due to their vote for new sanctions resolution against Iran, announces MP Vali Esmaili.

“The Islamic Republic has extensive economic relations with China and Russia, and we did not expect they vote for the sanctions,” said Esmaili, a senior member of the Majlis majority faction.

Unfortunately, these two countries were swayed by the Zionist lobbies and the Unites States and supported the adoption of the resolution against Iran, he said on Saturday.

In response to this move, lawmakers decided to draft a proposal to reduce ties with Russia and China which will be submitted to the Majlis presiding board in the near future, he explained.

China, Russia will not observe new resolution: politico

A conservative politician, Hamid-Reza Taraqi, is of the opinion that China and Russia would not go ahead to implement the terms of the new sanctions against Iran.

“The recently-approved resolution will not have any affect on Iran in practice, and Russia and China have announced that they are not committed to implement this resolution,” Tarraqi, a member of the Islamic Coalition Party, told the Mehr News Agency.

This resolution has been adopted only to put Iran under political pressure to halt its nuclear program, the former lawmaker opined.

However, he suggested that Iran should reconsider ties with the countries that voted against Iran.

He added Iran has wrongly put too much trust in some countries.