Speaking to Iranian and foreign press on Monday in a press conference held on the occasion of the national journalists’ day, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in the world today, the discourse of “peace, multilateral and dialogue” is facing off the discourse of “bullying, terrorism and lawbreaking”.
Stressing that ‘economic terrorism’ is a reality, he said “economic terrorism is when you target ordinary people. The US government says if the Iranian nation wants to feed, the country needs to change its policies. This is economic terrorism: to tie the ‘bread’ to ‘politics’.”
Stressing that Iran will never “purchase its security and progress”, Zarif said “our security and progress stem from our own people. No matter how much pressure they put on us, we walked on our own path and succeeded because we relied on our people.”
“We are standing tall. We developed our own missiles and managed to shoot down the US spy drone. The enemies cannot stop Iran’s progress with sanctions and pressure,” stressed Zarif.
- source : Mehrnews
