Iran announces measures proposed by Russia to counter sanctions

The Iranian authorities, based on their "rich experience", have offered Russia steps to counter the US sanctions , Mohsen Karimi, deputy HEAD of the Central Bank of Iran for international affairs, told RIA Novosti.

“Iran, based on its rich experience of being under sanctions over the past years, has taken the necessary measures to get out of the influence of American domination and hostile countries, which he proposed to the Russian side,” he said.

In particular, Karimi said that "there are both agreements and opportunities" for the use of national currencies in trade between countries. “Iran just wants to use them to conduct trade operations with Russia in rubles and rials,” he said.

For the past 40 years, Iran has been the world leader in the number of Western sanctions. But in recent months, Russia has surpassed him in this indicator. According to Castellum.AI, by March 22, the number of sanctions against Moscow exceeded 7.1 thousand, compared with 2.7 thousand before February 22. There are 3,600 sanctions against Iran.