Iran parliament speaker: US in no economic position to impose more restrictions on other countries

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the Iranian parliament's speaker, said on Monday that the US is not in an economic position to continue restricting the Islamic Republic's relations with other countries as the US Treasury announced "unprecedented" sanctions.

In a post on X, Ghalibaf said Iran’s trading partners "have made it clear that they don't take these statements into account anywhere".

This comes as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened countries allowing Iranian money laundering to be removed from the US dollar, claiming that any economic engagement with Iran "will expose those responsible to the full reach of American power".

آمریکایی‌ها می‌دانند که کسی گُنده‌لافی‌های آنها را باور نمی‌کند؛ آمریکا از لحاظ اقتصادی در شرایطی نیست که بخواهد روابط خود با دیگر کشورها را محدودتر از این کند.
شرکای تجاری ایران، هم در رسانه‌ها و هم با ارسال پیام‌ به ما اعلام کرده‌اند که این اظهارات را به هیچ جا حساب نمی‌کنند.

— محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) August 24, 2026