The Iranian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that any new sanctions against Iran imposed by the West will "affect the spirit" of next month's nuclear talks.

Iran considers any new sanctions move by the West as a "wrong step" and any move to reduce sanctions as a "positive step" in the run-up to the upcoming nuclear talks in Baghdad, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told a weekly press briefing, referring to the latest sanctions by the United States.

U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that his administration has slapped new sanctions on entities and one individual believed to be helping the Iranian and Syrian governments disrupt or monitor the Internet and phone communications in their countries.

"The Western sanctions will not affect the will of our nation and (on the contrary) will strengthen our determination to move towards our goals," the Iranian spokesman said.

The latest round of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States plus Germany (P5+1) -- concluded in Turkey's Istanbul earlier this month, with all sides describing the talks as positive and agreeing to meet again in Baghdad on May 23.