Tehran 0
20 August 2019

Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary, Ali Shamkhani, stated that “the sanctions campaign is not for negotiation, it's for making us surrender”. He further asserted that “as long as this approach is taken by the U.S., Iran will never ever seek negotiations”. Shamkhani went on to warn that Tehran had “multiple instruments at hand, including the proxy war” should hostilities break out with the U.S.

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