TEHRAN (HRNW) – New ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran backs any moves to lift US sanctions but that the Islamic republic will not bow to pressure, as he took the oath of office Thursday.
Raisi, who won a June 18 election marked by record abstention, takes office with Iran facing an economy battered by US sanctions, a grinding health crisis and thorny negotiations on its nuclear programme.
“Sanctions against the nation of Iran must be lifted. We will support any diplomatic plans that will realise this goal,” Raisi told his swearing-in ceremony in parliament.
But he stressed that “the policy of pressure and sanctions will not cause the nation of Iran to back down from following up on its legal rights”.
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