Speaking on Monday at the ceremony marking National Petrochemical Industry Day, President Hassan Rouhani said, “I explicitly say that the time of sanctions and pressure against the Iranian nation will come to an end one day, because the enemies and ill-wishers have understood that they cannot force us to surrender with maximum pressures,” he said.

The President continued saying that the enemies’ goal by putting pressure on the Iranian nation was to take us to the negotiation table, accepting whatever they say, adding, “This approach is impossible towards Iran”.

“Under the conditions of war, all countries have their own specific conditions,” he continued, adding, “Some complain that the government has not been able to fulfil the promises that it made in the first term, but we had made those promises in the conditions of peace, but we entered a war that we had not started”.

“The enemies began the war against the Iranian nation with the aim of breaking the great Iranian nation,” said Rouhani.

He added, “Since the year 1397, the enemies have waged a fully-fledged economic war against Iran, in which they have so far been unsuccessful”.

Stating that the enemies’ goals by waging the economic war has not been achieved, and will not be achieved in the future, he said that the people do not have any problem for their everyday life and essentials.

He also mentioned the promising employment figures in this year’s spring and summer, saying that boost in employment means that production is on the right track.

“Being able to somehow harness the severe inflation that had begun since the end of last year means that the enemies have been unsuccessful in advancing their goals,” said the President.

Dr. Rouhani said that almost all political leaders in the world we meet with say that the United States made a mistake and that they have been unsuccessful towards Iran, adding, “Even the closest US friends have said it. They say that in their private meetings, the Americans say that their calculations about Iran were wrong”.

The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran also said, “Our people understand well who has put pressure on them. It we began the war, it would be correct to be under question about why we did it, but we have lived up to our commitments”.

“The people have chosen the right path and distinguished friends from enemies well, thus making the enemies’ entire propaganda machine useless,” he said.

The President also said, “The enemies thought that they could decrease our foreign exchange income by reducing our oil sales”.