ArmInfo.. The statements of the Armenian authorities, including those made after the visit of high-ranking US officials, indicate a change in the situation, and that it's not easy to put pressure on Armenia, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan announced on November 6 at a press conference in Yerevan.
According to him, the confrontation between Moscow and the West, as well as geopolitical processes, testify to the deliberateness of US actions towards Iran. Speaking about the actions of the Armenian side, Navasardyan expressed conviction that, given the current political realities, Armenia should not change its political relations with Iran. At the same time, the diplomat considers that some changes in the economic component of the Armenian-Iranian relations are acceptable.
At the same time, he expressed the conviction that the further steps of the Armenian authorities would be dictated by geopolitical processes. "But, in these circumstances, Armenian diplomacy must be flexible and initiative," the expert concluded.
On November 5, new US sanctions against Iran entered into force. Sanctions will cover oil exports. Washington has previously announced a goal to bring exports of Iranian oil to zero and encouraged its buyers to abandon procurement. On Monday, the Finance Ministry announced that the United States will add more than 700 individuals, organizations, aircraft and ships of Iran on the sanctions list.
To recall, US President Donald Trump announced in May that Washington was withdrawing from an agreement on nuclear program with Iran. He also reported on the sanctions against Iran, including secondary ones, that is, against other countries doing business with Iran. The United States re-introduced part of the sanctions against Iran on August 7. More substantial sanctions, which will cover oil exports, entered into force on 5 November. Iran and the "six" international mediators (Russia, USA, Britain, China, France, Germany) on July 14, 2015 reached a historic agreement on resolving the perennial problem of the Iranian atom: the Joint Comprehensive Action Plan was adopted, the implementation of which would result in cancelation of previous economic and financial sanctions by the UN Security Council, the United States and the European Union.