Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, following the US administration’s decision to impose sanctions, said Saturday that the sanctions would help it become ‘self-sufficient’, during a rally in Tehran, marking the ‘second revolution’ of the takeover of the US embassy in Iran.
November 4, which falls on the 13th day of the Iranian calendar month of Aban, is also known as the ‘Student Day’ and the ‘National Day of the Fight against Global Arrogance’.
The United States sanctions on Iran have officially come into effect from today, with US President Donald Trump promising it to be ‘the toughest ever’, PTI reported. He expressed his confidence on the expected consequences to affect the Islamic Republic’s behavior.
The chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) while addressing the rally, said that the nation would defeat US sanctions through ‘resistance’.
“America’s goal with sanctions is to cripple and hold back Iran’s economy, but the outcome is that the push toward self-sufficiency has expanded in the country,” Ayatollah Khamenei said.
General Mohammad Ali Jafari said the US is now “on a gradual decline.” He said resistance is the only way to overcome oppressive enemies, adding “with God’s assistance the Iranian nation will soon overcome economic sanctions.”
General Jafari also advised US President Donald Trump not to threaten Iran. “You know well how many of your war veterans commit suicide a day due to depression,” he said.
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a statement on Saturday, saying the Iranian nation will give President Donald Trump a “slap in the face” through their participation in nationwide rallies to mark the embassy takeover.
The IRGC echoed Ayatollah Khamenei’s observation that “America’s power is in decline and the country is much weaker today than it was 40 years ago.”
“The decline of the US is a definite, inevitable reality consistent with a divine promise,” the IRGC statement said.
The 13th of Aban, the statement said, is “the symbol of the Iranian nation’s fight against the arrogance and its invincibility in the face of the US and the evil arrogant movement in contemporary history.”
“With the blessing of God and the insight and vigilance of the Iranian nation, the 13th of Aban this year will turn into a show of national prowess and unity, the humiliation of the Great Satan, the condemnation of the hegemonic nature of the notorious US regime and the Iranian nation’s slap in the face of the deceitful US president and officials,” it added.
