Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran must plan to overcome the “cruel sanctions”, after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced what he described as the ‘toughest’ sanctions ever imposed on Iran, according to Ghalibaf’s Telegram channel, reports Al Jazeera.
“If you look at the resources and raw materials of Muslim countries, you will realise that our enemies are coming to plunder them, so we must plan for cruel sanctions in this situation so that we can overcome it,” he said.
Ghalibaf, who is on a trip to Iraq, called on Baghdad to cooperate with Tehran amid the war.
Earlier, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC that Washington will impose the “toughest sanctions in history” to “collapse” the Iranian government, calling on other nations, including China, to join the effort.
Meanwhile, China has criticised the US president’s “economic D-Day” push against Iran, warning that additional sanctions will fail to resolve ongoing disputes.
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