<span style="color: #222222;">Amidst rising tension between US and Iran, President Hassan Rouhani has called for unity amongst different political faction to deal with the current situation.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr. Rouhani said in a meeting with a group of political activists in Tehran during the weekend, that under the current situation, all revolutionary forces should join hands and exercise unity to leave behind the current difficult situation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The State News Agency IRNA quoting President Rouhani said that the sanctions of the 1980-88 war era were only about the purchase of arms and that there were no restrictions on banking ties or the crude oil exports. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that sanctions on banking ties have imposed additional expenses on Iran's financial transactions. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that those problems will also affect the petrochemical, oil, agricultural and steel industries.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Last week Iran's President declared to partially withdraw from the restrictions of a 2015 nuclear deal, and the Trump administration responded with a new round of sanctions against Tehran, reviving a crisis that had been contained for the past four years.</span><br />''  <br />