Iran's Jannati advises officials to work hard to reduce effects of sanctions

TEHRAN, Aug. 13 (MNA) – Tehran Friday prayer leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati has urged state officials to work hard to reduce the effects of sanctions on public life.

“Disputes among state officials would make the burden of anti-Iran sanctions heavier and all of us should strive on a path to lessen the effects of those sanctions on the public life,” Jannati stated on Friday.

On June 9, the UN Security Council approved the fourth round of sanctions against Iran in a 12-2 vote, but Brazil and Turkey voted against the resolution and Lebanon abstained.

Ayatollah Jannati, who is also the chairman of the Guardian Council, further said that, “If state officials want to bring about a glittering future for themselves and the public, they should seek to resolve people’s problems by not paying attention to the marginal issues.”

Elsewhere in his remarks, Jannati noted that “When it comes to the relations with the United States some people show sign of weakness, ignoring the fact that any U.S. green light for rapprochement is a deceitful act.”

“The U.S. has committed countless crimes against Iran that if one collects them it would turn into a tome,” he noted.