Iran not to succumb to US pressures: Deputy FM

Tehran, Nov 19, IRNA – Iran will not be brought to knees by sanctions, a senior Iranian foreign ministry official said, adding that the country will find its way through the sanctions. 'The US sanctions and pressures will impose costs on Iran, but Tehran will find its way as it did it in the past,' Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbass Araqchi said at the 14th International Conference on International System, Regional Developments and Foreign Policy on Monday. 'Nobody will be brought to their knees in Iran by the sanctions, particularly under current conditions that we are doing better than before the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action),' he said referring to the nuclear deal Iran and the major world powers signed in 2015. Iran will remain in the deal so long as it protects the country's interests, the diplomat said. 'We have been committed to the JCPOA because of our economic and political interests,' he said, pointing to 'the global consensus that has been emerged in favor of Iran' and the 'legitimacy', he said, it has brought to the country as the instances of benefits. US has unilaterally withdrawn from the deal and re-imposed sanctions on Iran. It has also warned its allies to stop doing business with Iran or they would be punished.