Tehran challenges Washington’s insistence on preventing the arms embargo from being...

          Khamenei in a tacit response to Rouhani: Cure all problems inside the country            
           
Yesterday, Tehran defied Washington's insistence on preventing the lifting of the UN embargo on Iranian weapons, which was decided by the UN Security Council Resolution 2231 next Sunday, usually that the United States had reached a stage of "madness" by imposing additional sanctions on Iranian banks last week. 

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in a press conference: “On October 18, the arms sanctions and restrictions (contained) in Resolution 2231 will be lifted.” He explained that this would mean “achieving a historic loss for the United States,” Despite all its illegal attempts and steps, ”he stressed, stressing that“ Iran has shown that the United States is not as strong as it appears, ”according to the French Press Agency.

Last month, Washington reinstated six UN resolutions imposing comprehensive sanctions on Iran, with the aim of extending the arms embargo, after the majority of the Security Council members and the parties to the nuclear deal opposed US efforts to extend the arms embargo on Iran.

This came, two and a half years after the United States started the strategy of “maximum pressure”, by withdrawing from the nuclear agreement, with the aim of reaching an agreement that includes modifying Iran’s regional behavior and controlling its development of ballistic missiles.

The administration of US President Donald Trump, after withdrawing from the agreement, re-imposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran. And last week, the US Treasury announced additional sanctions on some of Iran’s major banks.

“We used to say that they (Americans) are addicted to sanctions, but now they have reached a stage of insanity,” Khatibzadeh said. We do not rule out that they impose sanctions, even for unimaginable matters. ” He pointed out that Washington is deliberately “using sanctions against anyone who is not subject to the United States,” and that “such sanctions push many countries to search for alternatives to the US dollar.”

Khatib Zadeh was commenting, according to the government agency “ISNA”, on a question about “analyzes about Trump’s efforts to draw Iran into a confrontation to employ this in the elections.” . He added, “We will act according to our defense policies, and anyone who tries to enter our security field with any intention and analysis will receive a slap, and it does not matter if this matter is in the interest of whom or against anyone who is hurt,” referring to strongly-worded warnings received by US President Donald Trump During the discussion of Iran’s continued support for terrorist organizations on the US blacklist, on a Saturday radio program. He said that “Iran’s policies vis-à-vis the United States are calculated, and according to this calculated policy, Iran has dealt a blow to the base (Ain Al-Assad).” He added, “The Americans do not dare approach the Iranian oil carriers,” referring to Iran sending oil tankers to Venezuela.

Khatib Zadeh stated that his country “addresses the Americans with the language of force. The tongue of European countries ’fear is not …». “They will face a nightmare for any strategic mistake they make,” he said.

In the same context, Iranian official agencies quoted Khatib Zadeh as having rejected an American offer to provide medical aid to Iran to confront the Corona pandemic, describing the step as “show and propaganda.” He said, “They have not taken the slightest step in this regard until today. They took steps against this trend. ”

The spokesman said that the polls show that “the US government and Trump are the biggest enemies of the Iranian people.”

Iran is facing economic difficulties, primarily due to the sanctions imposed by the Trump administration after its withdrawal from the agreement, which caused a significant decline in the value of the Iranian riyal vis-à-vis the dollar.

The Iranian “guide”, Ali Khamenei, said yesterday that “Iran will face sanctions.”

“The malicious US embargo is a crime in every sense of the word,” Khamenei was quoted by the French Press Agency as saying, in a video-link speech during the graduation ceremony for the officers of the Armed Forces universities, adding: “The American President expresses his joy at imposing the ban and maximum economic pressure; No one boasts about committing a crime against a people except for villainous people like you! ”

He added, “We will resist, and the end of these (extreme pressures), God willing, is America’s remorse and shame at (its maximum),” stressing that addressing economic difficulties also requires focusing on internal factors, most notably boosting production.

In another part of his statements, Khamenei called for attention to Iran’s interior to solve economic problems.

And at the end of last month, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized his government’s accusation of dependence on the outside, in an implicit response to criticism received by leaders of the Revolutionary Guards regarding the Iranian economic crisis. He said upon his presidency of the Council of Ministers: “Do not repeat this false, incorrect and distorted speech that the government’s view is directed towards the outside.”

Rouhani had attributed in his speech to Khamenei that he wanted “to deal constructively with the world,” before saying: “The government’s outlook is the necessity of dealing with the world.”

Khamenei said yesterday: “Everyone should know that all problems inside the country are cured; Because we do not see good and benefit from outside ».