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Wed, 04/27/2011 - 08:45
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VP Plays Down Effects of Sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN,April 27 (FNA)- Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Reza Rahimi in a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Kinichi Komano on Tuesday reiterated that the so-called international and western sanctions against Iran had left no impact on the country's progress.
"The enemies' sanctions have not created any problem for Iran and the country has achieved great progress in different sectors under these sanctions," Rahimi said during the meeting in Tehran, underlining that the West-led move has backfired as sanctions and embargos have encouraged Iran to reach self-sufficiency in a wide range of fields.
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Despite the hostile policies and moves of the United States and its European allies, Iran has shown a promising trend of growth in science and economy.
In a recent case last year the US and the European Union approved a set of extra unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
But the US fuel embargo on Iran proved futile after Iran boosted domestic production, attained self-sufficiency and even exported gasoline.
Iran says that western sanctions and pressures have only consolidated the Iranians' national resolve and encouraged them to reach self-sufficiency in many economic areas, including gasoline production.
The value of Iran's trade exchanges with the US increased to $16mln in January 2011 despite all the western sanctions and the extra embargos imposed by the US against Tehran over the latter's peaceful nuclear program.
The latest statistical figures released by the US Census Bureau said that despite the US-engineered sanctions against Iran, the United States exported $15.9 million worth of goods to the Islamic Republic in January.
"The enemies' sanctions have not created any problem for Iran and the country has achieved great progress in different sectors under these sanctions," Rahimi said during the meeting in Tehran, underlining that the West-led move has backfired as sanctions and embargos have encouraged Iran to reach self-sufficiency in a wide range of fields.
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Despite the hostile policies and moves of the United States and its European allies, Iran has shown a promising trend of growth in science and economy.
In a recent case last year the US and the European Union approved a set of extra unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
But the US fuel embargo on Iran proved futile after Iran boosted domestic production, attained self-sufficiency and even exported gasoline.
Iran says that western sanctions and pressures have only consolidated the Iranians' national resolve and encouraged them to reach self-sufficiency in many economic areas, including gasoline production.
The value of Iran's trade exchanges with the US increased to $16mln in January 2011 despite all the western sanctions and the extra embargos imposed by the US against Tehran over the latter's peaceful nuclear program.
The latest statistical figures released by the US Census Bureau said that despite the US-engineered sanctions against Iran, the United States exported $15.9 million worth of goods to the Islamic Republic in January.
