Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi refused on Tuesday relating the Islamic Republic’s economy to the talks aimed at reviving the nuclear deal in Vienna.

In an address to students at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Raisi denounced as “malevolent” attempts aimed at relating the country’s economy to the JCPOA negotiations with an increase in the rate of foreign currencies.

“We have detailed information that some are trying day and night to raise the currency rates simultaneous with the (Vienna) negotiations and to tie the negotiations to economy in order to impose their demands on the nation,” the Iranian president said.

He said the intelligence organizations are identifying those ill-wishers.

“These individuals, some at home and some abroad at the virtual and real circles and space, are seeking to raise the currency prices,” Raisi added.

The Iranian president also noted that unlike the first days after his administration took office in August, the country’s currency resources are in good conditions at present and there is no need for concern.

The Iranian Rial has fallen to its lowest ever rates against the US dollar on the unofficial market in recent days after the seventh round of the Vienna talks on the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ended without any definite result.

Source: Agencies