Iran can overcome 'barbaric' sanctions: Khamenei
"These sanctions are barbaric. This is a war against a nation... But the Iranian nation will defeat them," Khamenei said in a speech during a visit to the northeastern province of North Khorasan, broadcast on state television.
He also accused the West of "lying" over its offer to lift sanctions in return for Iran furnishing guarantees to back its claims its atomic programme is intended for civilian purposes only.
The West suspects Iran is seeking a nuclear weapons capacity, despite repeated denials from Tehran.
Khamenei said the sanctions had created "problems" for the country, and that "some mismanagement" of the draconian measures was adding to those problems. He did not elaborate.
The supreme leader also rejected the notion that sanctions were linked to Iran's nuclear efforts, as the West claims they are.
"The enemies -- the US and some European governments -- are nowadays linking the sanctions to (Iran's pursuit) of nuclear energy. They are lying," he said.
He argued that his country has been targeted by sanctions since the 1979 Islamic revolution for its "independence and resistance" against world powers.
Western power have tightened an economic sanctions regime against the Islamic republic over the past two years, causing a drop in Iran's oil exports and production, a collapse of its currency, slowing its economy and boosting the ranks of the jobless.
Talks between Iran and major powers on the nuclear impasse have stalled for years. Tehran is also under several sets of international sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council.
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For the longest time now we have heard how the sanctions are having no effect on the Iranian economy, now all of a sudden they are. Which is it??Hopefully it is the latter, and they continue to get worse.
@Abreez: Iran should do what is right to be done for itself and others. There is no end to power in this world, no one can be ultimate in its power in comparison to all others. There is always someone new and better than the other.....there is always a way to get better than the other.
Iran must work for a peaceful settlement for her disputes with West and America because we are entering into an era where super computers will safeguard the borders of a country with laser weapons. Today there is news in Daily Mail which reads, “The death-ray on wheels: US Army begins testing monster laser truck that can shoot down anything, including missiles”. “Boeing has announced that it has successfully mounted a 10kw solid-state laser on an eight-wheeled, 500-horsepower truck that could be used alongside conventional Army forces. The High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) is now ready for field testing and over the next year will have a chance to show off its ability to acquire, track and destroy targets”.