Iran's Rouhani Urges Unity in Face of U.S. 'War on Hope'
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called for the country to "resist and unite" against US pressure in what he called a "war on hope" waged against the Islamic republic.
It is almost a year since President Donald Trump reimposed crippling US sanctions after exiting a landmark nuclear agreement between major powers and Iran.
"America will only let go of this game when it realises it cannot achieve anything. We have no way but to resist and unite," Rouhani said in a televised speech.
Iran's economy has been battered since sanctions returned. Inflation has shot up, its currency has plummeted and imports are now vastly more expensive.
Upping the ante, the White House announced last week it would end oil purchase waivers granted to Iran's main customers -- including China, India and Turkey -- cutting Iran's access to its main source of foreign currency revenue.
"Our war today is the war on hope. They want to break our hope, and we have to break their hope" of defeating Iran, said Rouhani.
"They want to cut our foreign currency supply ... they seek to sow discord in the country. They want us to be divided, to stand against each other," he added.
Rouhani has vowed that Iran will continue to supply oil to its major customers despite the unilateral measures adopted by the United States.
04 May 2019, 14:51
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As Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's lawyer and confidant I can solemnly swear that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah believes with all his heart and soul in all the hope that the Islamic Republic of Iran has brought to the region and the world. And Sayyed Hassan hopes that some day he will find a way out of the sewers he's been living in since the triumphant glory of the 2006 so called "no one told me, had I known" war. He's been down in the sewers for so long he cannot remember how to get out and the Iranian brother who put him here died in Syrian and he had the only map. Sayyed Hassan hopes to find a tunnel, any tunnel, even a love tunnel, with a manhole at the end of it. Then he can get out of the sewers and show the world that he's not a coward hiding in there but he was just lost. Hope springs eternal but cancer in a deadly mistress.
04 May 2019, 15:12
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As Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's manicurist and hairdresser I feel so ashamed. I have brought dishonor to my family. I should have wrote that the the Iranian brother who put Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in the sewers was martyred in Syrian. My penitence is 50 Ya Zaynabou, 50 Our Mahdi Who Aren't in Heaven, and 313 rosaries, that when I take a rosaries with beads made of steel and beat myself on the head with it 131 times.
04 May 2019, 15:00
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Iran's economy has been battered since sanctions returned. Inflation has shot up, its currency has plummeted and imports are now vastly more expensive.
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https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2019/05/03/ksa-100/
