Iran Has Risen to Challenges of Sanctions, IRGC Chief Says

In remarks at a cultural ceremony on Friday, Major General Hossein Salami said Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei’s prudence and the Iranian nation’s patience and economic fortitude have thwarted the impacts of the sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

“Today, we have risen to the challenges of the sanctions and have weakened their impacts,” the general added.

He also said the enemy has confessed recently that its policy of maximum pressure on Iran has ended in abject failure.

In remarks in November 2020, Ayatollah Khamenei called on the Iranian officials to concentrate efforts on thwarting and overcoming the sanctions instead of seeking their removal, pointing to the unsuccessful outcome of years of negotiations for lifting the sanctions.