Isfahan (ANTARA News/IRNA-0ANA) - Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday evening that placing the names of Iran`s foreign minister and some other Iranian officials on the sanctions list was an unreasonable and illegal action.

Talking to reporters at a ceremony in the central Iranian province of Isfahan, Ramin Mehmanparast said all those anti-Iran measures were made by the US due to Tehran`s peaceful nuclear activities.

Mehmanparast further stressed that Iran`s efforts to gain nuclear energy were among the nation`s absolute rights.

He said that imposing those sanctions, the US and some of the western states were to put further pressure on the Iranain nation.

"According to the international regulations, foreign minister of any world countries is free to travel through the world states in order to confer his/her counterparts on intended issues," Mehmanparast said.

He reiterated the `peaceful` nature of Iran`s nuclear activities noting that the country was in full cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

He added that the IAEA inspectors have even known the number of the centrifuges in the Iranain nuclear sites.

Touching upon the military actions against civilians in Bahrain and Libya, Mehmanparast said that Tehran was against any form of aggression. He added that scuh acts would only worsen the existing crisis.

The US officials should be taken responsible for their double-standard policies towards the regional developments, noted Mehmanparast.
(Uu.H-AK)

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