Iran on Saturday warned countries against participating in the United States\u2019 \u201ceconomic war\u201d against the Islamic republic, saying they would be considered enemies.\n<\/p>\n
Washington has pushed its allies to jump aboard Donald Trump\u2019s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, as the\u00a0US President\u2019s unpopular war drags toward the six-month mark.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe declare to all countries\u2026 do not join the economic war waged by the United States,\u201d said Mohsen Rezai, the head of Iran\u2019s supreme national security council, on state television.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAny country participating in the imposition of economic restrictions against us is considered an enemy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
If the countries concerned refused to \u201cdistance themselves\u201d from the United States, Iran would \u201charm\u201d their interests, he added.\n<\/p>\n
Rezai also insisted that the Islamic republic had more cards to play in the war, claiming that \u201cwe have not yet attacked any American economic interests\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, we have only targeted military bases, but if they want to impose economic sanctions on us, the United States has oil and economic companies around Iran and elsewhere, and we will strike them,\u201d Rezai threatened.<\/p>\n
Should Trump \u201ctake action, our confrontation will be like an earthquake\u201d, he added.\n<\/p>\n
Washington has also called on other governments to join its efforts to isolate the Iranian economy, notably Beijing, among Iran\u2019s top strategic partners.\n<\/p>\n
But China has criticised the initiative, arguing that American sanctions would not resolve the conflict in the Middle East.\n<\/p>\n
One of Iran\u2019s major trading partners, the United Arab Emirates, announced on Tuesday that it was suspending all trade and financial transactions with Tehran until further notice.\n<\/p>\n
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