Addressing a ceremony to launch gas projects in the southern province
of Fars, Mr. Zangeneh said, "These sanctions have no effect and have only
strengthened our resolve to serve the people."
“Mr. Trump in his final days in the White House boycotted a number of
senior oil executives under the pretext of supporting terrorism. We are victims
of terrorism, but we do not support it. We are the enemy of terrorism and that
is why we opposed Mr. Trump; over the years, he has spearheaded terrorist
movements.”
He stated that the sanctions were a sort of revenge and malice seeking,
and had no effect, adding: “Today, some people wrote that a flood of sanctions was
on the way! There is nothing left to be boycotted at all. They boycotted
everything. Unless they put our colleagues in the service sector in the list of
sanctioned persons.”
The Minister of Petroleum continued: "Neither are we afraid of
sanctions nor has it any effect on our work, it only strengthens our determination
to serve the people; we are proud to serve the people and stand firm on the
people."