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Iranian official says sanctions won't hurt
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-10-12 20:17

TEHRAN: A senior Iranian official dismissed on Monday a decision by Britain to order financial companies to cease all business with Iran's Bank Mellat and Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.

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"The new decision by the British government needs further study, but past experience shows that imposing any kind of sanctions against Iran will benefit the Iranian nation in the end," Ali Akbar Javanfekr, a media adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told Reuters.

"If the British government decided to impose sanctions against Iran this would show that Britain is getting far from the realities of the current world and such a trend will be against the interests of the British people," he said.