AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that the US’ failure to challenge religious foundations of Iran is because of the Islamic culture rooted in the heart of the nation, adding that Iranians will resist all the pressures to safeguard their religion.
Larijani said today that the United States may seem to wage security, political and economic war against Iran, but in principle, Americans are targeting religious foundations, as the source of their adventures.
He made the remarks prior to public session in the Iranian Parliament, marking the occasion of the uprising of the people of Qom against the Pahlavi regime on January 9, 1978.
“The Americans’ failure, in this respect, despite all the economic pressures, is due to the Islamic culture rooted in the heart of the Iranian nation who will never lose their great heritage,” he highlighted adding that the nation will resist all sanctions and difficulties imposed by the US to protect their religion.
Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri underlined the US inability to continue pressures and sanctions against Iran for a long period of time.
"The US created al-Qaeda and ISIL but Iran confronted them and finally Trump himself was forced to acknowledge that they have spent $7,000bln in the region but gained nothing," Jahangiri said, addressing an economic forum in Tehran.
He referred to Washington's embargos against Iran, and said, "This period will not last long because the US sanctions are very irrational and lack backing."
Jahangiri said the US withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal indicated the country's bullying policies, cautioning that Washington does not want a powerful Iran in the region.
In relevant remarks on Saturday, Jahangiri said that the Americans had taken aim at the Iranian people’s livelihood but their dream to bring Iran’s oil sales to zero was not fulfilled.
Jahangiri said that the Americans have taken aim at the Iranian people’s livelihood, as they impose sanctions on basic goods and raw materials needed for production.
“US is trying to stop major Iranian income resource, that’s to say oil sales, as they in their own imagination wanted to bring oil sales to zero but they failed with the grace of God,” he said.
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9 January 2019 - 13:55
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Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said on Wednesday that the US’ failure to challenge religious foundations of Iran is because of the Islamic culture rooted in the heart of the nation, adding that Iranians will resist all the pressures to safeguard their religion.
