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TEHRAN, July 26-- Iranian officials on Wednesday unanimously denounced Washington's fresh sanctions against Tehran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a cabinet meeting that Iran is used to these kinds of "hostilities" and will give a necessary response to the new sanctions, official IRNA news agency reported. "Iranians well know that they should resist and stand against their enemies," he said. "Over the past 40 years (following the victory of the Islamic republic in 1979), the Iranians have faced numerous pressures, sanctions and accusations by the U.S. politicians and their propaganda machine." "The Americans cannot tolerate an independent and influential country in this sensitive region," he said. On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that slaps tougher sanctions on Russia, Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Sanctions against Iran is mainly in response to Tehran's growing missile program. The bill should be approved by the Senate and signed by the president in order to become legal. Iranian officials have repeatedly said Iran maintains its right to respond to the United States if the latter does not comply with the nuclear deal. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that the fresh sanctions by the United States will have adverse impacts on the "successful" implementation of the nuclear deal, official IRNA news agency reported. | 
