The United States' illegitimate sanctions will not serve their purpose because Iran will "proudly" circumvent them, President Hassan Rouhani said during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
"Although they [Americans] cause hardship to our people, they will never achieve their objectives," he was quoted as saying by his official website.
The US reimposed strict sanctions on Tehran after it unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal last May. The first round of sanctions came into effect last August before tougher restrictions on the oil and banking sectors were enacted last November.
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