TEHRAN -- The Iranian Foreign Ministry has released a fact sheet featuring the United States long list of historically hostile actions towards the Islamic Republic, denouncing Washington’s hypocritical approach towards the country.
The ministry released the fact sheet, which included a whole host of U.S. violations concerning Iran, such as reinstatement of its so-called “maximum pressure” policy towards the Islamic Republic.
“Maximum pressure”, it said, was never truly halted after Trump’s former term wound down, as the previous U.S. administration of Joe Biden not only retained the country’s sanctions against Iran, but also imposed hundreds more.
The ministry reiterated the Islamic Republic’s commitment to resisting such coercive measures, emphasizing that no nation should be subjected to illegal and unjust economic pressure.
The U.S. is deploying the policy, while simultaneously calling for negotiations with Iran on the nuclear issue, the ministry said, noting that such an attitude contradicts Washington’s rhetoric.
“Iran underlines that it has always supported diplomacy and engaged in negotiations in good faith. However, it reminds at the same time that pressure and intimidation tactics have never yielded results as far as dealing with the Islamic Republic is concerned,” it said.
Iranian authorities, meanwhile, warn that such contradictory approach only deepens distrust and undermines any possibility of meaningful diplomatic engagement, it added.
The fact sheet further highlighted the United States track record regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
“Over the past four years, despite intensive negotiations to revive the JCPOA, Washington, while expressing a desire to return to the agreement, has never been willing to fulfill its JCPOA commitments or lift sanctions against the Iranian nation, and under various pretexts, it prevented, on different occasions, the negotiations from reaching a final conclusion,” it said.
The document also recalled the long history of other aggressive American actions against Iran, dating back to the CIA-orchestrated 1953 coup.
It listed numerous examples, including Washington’s military support and other instances of backing for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein during his 1980-88 imposed war on Iran, freezing of Iranian assets, and military provocations.
The ministry reiterated Iran’s condemnation of the U.S.’s fueling of regional instability by backing groups like Daesh, Al-Qaeda, and Nusra Front, currently Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, to serve its geopolitical interests.
“Labeling Iran’s support for resistance groups and Muslim nations in the region - who are fighting for the liberation of their land and human dignity against an occupying regime - as support for terrorism does not change the reality,” it said. 
“Blaming the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a futile U.S. attempt to protect the Zionist regime from accountability and to evade from U.S. responsibility for full-fledged and absolute support for the crimes of this regime,” it added.
The ministry also condemned Washington’s claims of championing human rights, highlighting its full support for Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip and the devastation that had been caused by economic sanctions on the Iranian people.
It reminded that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. even intensified its sanctions, worsening humanitarian conditions in Iran. The American policies directly, it said, targeted the Iranian people, contradicting Washington’s self-proclaimed concern for human rights.
While committed to diplomatic solutions, Iran warns that any aggression against its national security would be met with a decisive response, the ministry stressed.
It pledged to continue pursuing the Islamic Republic’s interests from a position of strength, and ensure that the country’s sovereignty and regional stability remain non-negotiable.