Iran not seeking ‘any concessions’ from US, calls for sanctions relief: Foreign Ministry

Iran said Friday it is not seeking “any concessions” from the United States, insisting that Tehran only wants its rights restored and sanctions lifted, according to Iran’s Tasnim news agency. “We do not want any concessions from the United States; we are only seeking our rights,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to the report. The spokesman said Iran was demanding “an end to America’s criminal actions against the Iranian people.” “Sanctions must be lifted, Iran’s frozen assets must be released and made available to the country,” he said. “For the past five decades, we have been subjected to what they themselves call ‘crippling sanctions,’” he added. Baghaei said the sanctions were imposed under various pretexts, primarily over […]