Agence France Presse, PARIS – Iranian political exiles welcomed the UN Security Council’s unanimous adoption of sanctions against Tehran on Saturday.
The resolution was "the first necessary step towards preventing the ruling religious fascism in Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb," said the National Council of Resistance of Iran’s (NCRI) president-elect, Maryam Rajavi, in a statement in Paris.
She called for "comprehensive arms, technological, diplomatic and oil sanctions against the regime."
Rajavi claimed that Tehran’s nuclear programme was "completely against the interests of the Iranian people" adding that "the absolute majority of Iranians would support the imposition of comprehensive sanctions."
She insisted that sanctions would be effective, calling the regime politically unstable.
After weeks of diplomatic wrangling, the UN Security Council adopted the resolution to impose restrictions on Iran’s nuclear industry and ballistic missile programme.
