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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed US President Barack Obama's recent comments on Iran as unacceptable, stressing that Tehran will not give in to excessive demands by the other side in the nuclear negotiations, Press TV reports.

“It is clear that Mr. Obama’s comments are meant to win the US public opinion and counter the propaganda campaign by the Israeli Prime Minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] and that of other radical parties opposed to the negotiations [over Tehran’s nuclear energy program],” Zarif told reporters on Tuesday, describing the American president’s latest remarks on Iran as “unacceptable.”

“The remarks by Mr. Obama clearly point to the fact that the US, which has over the past decades, either directly or indirectly threatened the Islamic Republic of Iran and imposed many cruel and illegal sanctions [against the country], has come to the conclusion that the policy of threats and sanctions is a failed policy,” Zarif added.

Iran’s top diplomat further emphasized that neither threats nor sanctions could dent the country’s determination to develop peaceful nuclear technology.

Zarif said Iran entered into the talks with the P5+1 countries - the permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany - with an honest approach and will continue the negotiations to restore the Iranian nation’s rights.

Iran will not give in to excessive demands and irrational approaches by the opposite side, he stressed.