Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf accused the US of attempting to use economic and media pressure to divide Iran and force it into “surrender”, saying the strategy would not succeed.
“The enemy is very hopeful about economic pressure, and it is clear that they have once again received false reports, and based on these reports, they have made wrong decisions,” Ghalibaf said in remarks carried by the Fars news agency.
“This wrong decision will cause everyone to suffer.”
He added that regardless of the scale of economic pressure, “the Iranian nation will endure … for the sake of the independence”.
