Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says US sanctions are 'economic terrorism'

[DonViejo]

Source: ABC News



By LUIS MARTINEZ
Jun 2, 2019, 9:30 AM ET

Iran will not be intimidated by President Trump’s "art of the deal pressure" by using economic sanctions to push Iran to negotiate a new nuclear deal, the country's top diplomat told ABC News.

In an exclusive interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif also told "This Week" Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz that "there will be consequences" if the United States keeps up its economic pressure campaign against Iran’s people.

There was jubilation in the streets of Tehran four years ago in hopes that the lifting of economic sanctions under the nuclear deal -- worked out between the United States, Iran and the European Union -- would improve living conditions. But when the Trump administration imposed the sanctions again, the double digit economic growth of recent years was replaced by an economic downturn, as Iran’s oil exports have plunged.

The International Monetary Fund says Iran’s economy shrank by 3.9% and inflation spiked 31% in 2018, with predictions it could rise to 37% this year.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/irans-foreign-minister-javad-zarif-us-sanctions-economic/story?id=63355661

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Reminds me of Woody Guthrie's lyrics to "Pretty Boy Floyd":

Yes, as through this world I've wandered
I've seen lots of funny men;
Some will rob you with a six-gun,
And some with a fountain pen.

[pazzyanne]

2. Iran is not wrong in believing tarriffs are a form terrorism.

Ask our former trade partners how they feel about tRump's trade policies. Our demented potus thinks tariffs are going to increase the US economy. Apparently he is not watching the stock market the past few months.