Iran's president said the country is facing its most difficult period since the Islamic Revolution
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country is facing the most difficult conditions since the Islamic Revolution due to intensified sanctions and military conflict. He also accused external forces of attempting to provoke protests by putting pressure on the population.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that the country is going through its most difficult period since the 1979 Islamic Revolution due to intensified sanctions and a military conflict. He said this in an interview with state television, CNN reports, UNN writes.
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Speaking on the occasion of the second anniversary of his inauguration, Pezeshkian noted that Iran continues to experience increasingly strong external pressure. His statement came amid attempts to restore diplomatic dialogue between Tehran and Washington.
The circumstances we are facing now are the most difficult conditions possible in history since the revolution. Sanctions existed, and they intensified. Then they imposed sanctions on our banks and our financial operations. Not satisfied with that, they started a war. Still dissatisfied, they tried to corner us
The president said there were attempts to provoke protests
The President of Iran also said that external pressure, in his words, is aimed at causing public discontent and provoking protests.
Now all the plans they are developing and the pressure they are exerting are aimed at causing people's discontent and, as they say, provoking them to take to the streets in protest
At the same time, Pezeshkian emphasized that the country had managed to withstand the pressure thanks to the unity of society.
If we have survived to this day, it is thanks to the noble people of Iran