Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 9
By Rahim Zamanov - Trend:
Iran's parliament speaker Ali Larijani on February 9 said that Western pressure to hinder the country's progress has been futile, Iran's Fars News Agency reported.
"Western countries have tried to demonstrate that they are able to stop Iran through military threats and economic sanctions but to no avail," he explained.
"US and its allies have desperately sought a deal with Iran in order to present it as a foreign policy achievement," the parliament speaker noted.
Larijani was referring to a recent nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries.
He further criticized US officials for saying that Iran's economy is slightly improving thanks to the partial removal of sanctions.
Larijani made the remarks at Sunday's session of the parliament (Majlis).