"No country is able to sanction Iran and the US has tested this policy several
times and has failed every time," Falahatpisheh said in a meeting with South
Korean Ambassador to Tehran Jeong-Hyun Ryu on Monday.
"Now and in the current conditions, continued friendly bilateral ties in
different fields depend on the South Korean government's decision to follow or
oppose the unilateral and unfair US sanctions against the Islamic Republic of
Iran," he added.
Jeong-Hyun, for his part, underscored his country's willingness to continue
cooperation with Iran in different arenas despite problems created by the US on
the way of Korean firms, and said, "Despite good relations with the US, South
Korea enjoys an independent policy and does not allow any country to interfere
in its internal affairs, specially in relations with other countries."
In a relevant development on Saturday, Iranian and South Korean officials in a
meeting in Seoul reviewed the capacities of Iran's trade market after the US
exit from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in early May.
"Iran and South Korea have age-old relations," Iranian Ambassador to Seoul
Mohammad Hassan Taherian said.
The Iranian ambassador pointed to long-term presence of South Korean companies
in Iran's market, and said, "The two countries have witnessed remarkable growth
in their trade exchange in the past months."
The meeting in South Korea was aimed at promoting transparency in cooperation
between the Iranian and the host country's companies and reviewing ways to
continuation of Korean presence in Iran's market.
Source: Tasnim