The four European countries issued their statement on Monday after Iran and the United States announced their agreement to a memorandum of understanding that permanently ends the war launched by the US and Israel against Iran in late February.
Later that day, the Iranian embassy shared a post on X alongside an image of a Reuters report carrying the statement by Britain, France, Germany, and Italy.
“The irrelevant are scrambling to find a role for themselves. The joint statement by certain European countries is remarkable—though not for its substance, but for its audacity,” the embassy wrote.
“Their sanctions against Iran were never legitimate or legal to begin with. Lifting them, therefore, is not a concession to Iran, but a return to propriety—and a favor they do only to themselves,” the diplomatic mission argued.
The embassy also reacted to the part of the European statement that called for the urgent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
“As for the security of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran alone determines when—and whether—it requires outside counsel or assistance. Until that day comes, any foreign action in or relating to the Strait, under any pretext whatsoever, will be regarded as an aggressive act against the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
IRNA