Iran warns Trump’s maximum pressure’ to result in ‘maximum resistance’

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi brushed aside US President Donald Trump's signing of a memorandum re-imposing his so-called “maximum pressure” policy on Tehran, calling it a failed experience.

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Date: 06 February 2025 - 21:39

TABNAK, Feb 06: In a post on his X account, Araqchi said the decision to restore maximum pressure policy will only compel “maximum resistance" on the part of Iran again.

“Smart people ought to choose ‘Maximum Wisdom’ instead,” he added.

The top diplomat also reiterated that Iran has always been “a party in good standing” to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and other global non-proliferation instruments.

Araqchi said that "under no circumstances will Iran ever seek, develop or acquire any nuclear weapons."

“It is not difficult to reach practical assurances that Iran will not have nuclear weapons, provided that objective guarantees are also provided that hostile measures against Iran—including economic pressures and sanctions- will be effectively terminated,” he pointed out.

Araqchi was referring to the policy that the US adopted during Trump’s former tenure, as part of which Washington quit a 2015 nuclear deal – officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) -- with Iran and world powers, returned the sanctions that the agreement had lifted, and piled up even more illegal and unilateral bans against Tehran.

Retaliating against the measures, Iran took legitimate nuclear steps that have featured its operationalizing advanced centrifuges among other things.

The country also explored various means to skirt the sanctions and boost its economy by fostering foreign trade and enhancing domestic production, causing Washington to suffer “maximum defeat” in adoption of such policy.

On Tuesday, Trump promoted new “tough” measures aimed at, what Washington has called, “deterring” Iran from obtaining a “nuclear weapon.”

Trump also signed a presidential memorandum, authorizing stricter illegal actions against Iran, while saying, “They can’t have a nuclear weapon, we’d be very tough if they insist on doing that.”

Washington’s adversarial stance comes despite Tehran’s repeated assurances that its nuclear activities remain in full compliance with international regulations, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s invariable verification of the peaceful nature of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Iranian foreign minister asserted that another round of deployment of the “maximum pressure” policy on the part of the United States against Iran will only lead to another defeat.