TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Mohammad Ali Hosseini on Sunday ruled out the possibility that Iran and the United States will resume diplomatic ties.

Hosseini criticized the United States’ “instrumental” view towards its relations with the world, adding, “The restoration of Iran-U.S. ties will not succeed within the framework of international law,” Hosseini stated.
“The Americans are trying to induce everyone to believe that the United States is the most powerful country…The U.S. wants to make all countries believe that their progress is dependant on obeying the U.S.”
“The collapse of the Soviet Union showed to the Americans that the time for implementing unilateral policies is over and they should no longer regard themselves as the power of the world,” he observed.