In a new year message, Foreign Minister Zarif suggested that "despite the medieval tactics employed by the U.S. to destroy their livelihoods, [Iranians] are unwavering in their sense of hope". "We will continue to engage with our partners to, brick by brick, dismantle the inhumane wall that the U.S. administration has laboured to erect around us", he asserted, adding that Iran "welcome[s] constructive engagement, including with the expanding array of nations who are equally sick and tired of the bullying of the U.S." "I will remind those who wish us harm", Zarif added, "that Iranians... will celebrate countless more [new years] before submitting to outside diktats, let alone those issued by an increasingly isolated power".