Rouhani: US Iran Rhetoric Changed Since Ain Al-Assad Strike, Iranians Are Stronger in Dealing with Sanctions

By Staff, Agencies

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani censured Thursday the American officials who follow wrong planning against Iran, stressing that the Iranian nation has become stronger and more powerful in dealing with the US sanctions and plots, asking “Which country in the world dares to respond to America and bomb its military base?”

Rouhani made the remarks through his speech to the 59^th annual session of the General Assembly of the Central Bank of Iran [CBI] underway in Tehran on Thursday.

The Iranian President said that from the beginning of the US unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018.

Rouhani said, “We have not withdrawn from the nuclear agreement and asked other parties for compensation, or we will decrease our commitments”.

He went on to say that US President Donald Trump stated that the Islamic Republic system cannot stand against the "highest level" of sanctions for more than three months, but they could see today that the Iranian nation has become stronger and more powerful in confronting their plots and bans.

“Trump told three presidents that the government in Iran would collapse after the imposition of sanctions,” the Iranian President said.

Despite the world’s criticism over Washington’s anti-Iran measures, Trump reinstated unilateral sanctions on Tehran on November 5, 2018 and imposed as he claimed the “highest level” of economic bans on Iran.

Elsewhere in his remarks, Rouhani pointed out to Iran’s nuclear enrichment saying, “We have no more restrictions regarding the nuclear dossier, and we are increasing enrichment every day”.

The Iranian leader stated, “Trump said he would hit 52 targets in Iran, including cultural centers, but he altered his words and backed down on his position”.