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Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed
Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the Iranian nation
is determined to resist any threat or sanctions.
Ayatollah Khamenei made the remark in an address to
thousands of enthusiastic people in Shiraz who had
gathered to welcome their aramount Leader on Wednesday.
The Iranian nation will turn all threats imposed by the
enemies to opportunities and bring development and
pride for the country, said the Supreme Leader.
Ayatollah Khamenei said that pious Iranian nation with
reliance on their historical and cultural honors have made
the Islamic Revolution victorious in Iran and attained their
independence, national dignity, welfare and prosperity.
Any nation should tolerate difficulties to attain its prime
goals, and aspirations, underlined the Supreme Leader,
citing eight years of sacred defence, fight against terrorism,
resistance against threats as well as economic sanctions as
parts of hardships tolerated by the Iranian nation on their
right path.
The Iranian nation from early stages of the Islamic Revolution
faced economic sanctions and embargoes but with reliance
on its invaluable power managed to turn all th threats into
opportunities and attained independence and self-confidence.
Therefore, "I advise you to keep in your mind that this great
nation is never afraid of economic sanctions." The international
capitalist system through extensive political propaganda did
their best to force Iran to abandon its legitimate rights to
benefit from nuclear energy but to no avail, said the Supreme
Leader, adding that the pace of Iran's development frightened
them to an extent that they exerted more pressure on Iran while
ignoring the fact that the Iranian nation will turn all these threats
into opportunities for its development.
Foreign media try to bring take advantage of all factors even
natural disasters, draught and price hikes which are rampant
throughout the world in order to put more pressure on the
Iranian nation and officials and therefore it is necessary that
people exercise more vigilance, said Ayatollah Khamenei.
The Supreme Leader said that the ongoing economic crisis
which has crippled the world has been unprecedented in the
past 60 years. This crisis has forced the UN to declare state
of emergency for food shortages around the globe but foreign
radios have focused on Iran to imply that the current price hikes
and inflation in the country are the results of carelessness on the
part of Iranian officials which of course is not true, he said.
Thanks to Almighty God, existing problems in Iran are much
less than those in other countries, underlined Ayatollah Khamenei.
"Enemies try to magnify our problems and this will be resolved
through a timely and precise economic plan," said the Supreme Leader.
Current problems such as drought requires collective attention of
people and officials on the issue, Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated.
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