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178342
Wed, 04/27/2011 - 15:01
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IRGC Official: Sanctions against Iran Backfire
TEHRAN, April 27(FNA)- A senior official of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said international and unilateral sanctions against Iran have backfired as Tehran has always turned such threats and pressures into an opportunity for further progress all throughout the last three decades.
"We have witnessed different types of threats and sanctions during the last 32 years, but all of them have turned into a chance for our longer leaps," Commander of the IRGC's University of Naval Sciences and Technologies General Hamid Abazari stated on Wednesday.
He reiterated Iran's power in different fields, and added, "Today, Iran is among the first 10 powerful countries of the world in terms of all power elements and as you see, it takes eye-catching leaps in all fields everyday."
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Despite the hostile policies and moves of the United States and its European allies, Iran has shown a promising trend of growth in science and economy.
In a recent case last year the US and the European Union approved a set of extra unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
But the US fuel embargo on Iran proved futile after Iran boosted domestic production, attained self-sufficiency and even exported gasoline.
Iran says that western sanctions and pressures have only consolidated the Iranians' national resolve and encouraged them to reach self-sufficiency in many economic areas, including gasoline production.
"We have witnessed different types of threats and sanctions during the last 32 years, but all of them have turned into a chance for our longer leaps," Commander of the IRGC's University of Naval Sciences and Technologies General Hamid Abazari stated on Wednesday.
He reiterated Iran's power in different fields, and added, "Today, Iran is among the first 10 powerful countries of the world in terms of all power elements and as you see, it takes eye-catching leaps in all fields everyday."
Iran is under four rounds of UN Security Council sanctions for turning down West's calls to give up its right of uranium enrichment, saying the demand is politically tainted and illogical.
Despite the hostile policies and moves of the United States and its European allies, Iran has shown a promising trend of growth in science and economy.
In a recent case last year the US and the European Union approved a set of extra unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, mostly targeting the country's energy and banking sectors, including a US boycott of gasoline supplies to Iran.
But the US fuel embargo on Iran proved futile after Iran boosted domestic production, attained self-sufficiency and even exported gasoline.
Iran says that western sanctions and pressures have only consolidated the Iranians' national resolve and encouraged them to reach self-sufficiency in many economic areas, including gasoline production.
