New sanctions signify U.S. lack of foresight

Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday that the approval of a bill to tighten sanctions on Iran by the U.S. House of Representatives indicated the imprudence of the United States.
“Increasing threats and new sanctions against a government which has started its work based on prudence, hope, and avoiding tension in its foreign relations is a diplomatic imprudence,” Rafsanjani said.

The bill, which passed 400 to 20 on July 31, would cut Iran’s oil exports by another 1 million barrels per day over a year to near zero, in an attempt to reduce the flow of funds to Iran’s nuclear program, according to Reuters.