Time to Return to Traditional Partners

The American sanctions on Tehran offer the country an opportunity to redirect its economic diplomacy toward neighboring and eastern countries, especially traditional partners such as India, China and Russia, a lawmaker said. 
The sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal were reimposed last year by the United States after it unilaterally left the accord. 
The European Union had pledged to keep its financial channels open, but has also failed to protect its trade with Iran.
Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, a member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, stressed that economic relations with eastern countries have always been crucial, but it takes on an added importance at the time of sanctions.