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178985
Sat, 04/30/2011 - 09:09
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Commander: US Focused on Economic War against Iran
TEHRAN, April 30 (FNA)- Head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization General Gholam Reza Jalali warned that the US has concentrated its efforts on strong economic pressures against the Islamic Republic as its major strategy in confrontation against Tehran.
"Economic warfare is the main US threat against Iran," Jalali stated.
Jalali made a reference to US-engineered sanctions against Iran, saying 80 percent of such measures are of "economic nature" and are aimed at laying an "economic siege" on the Islamic Republic.
"Washington has set up a center at the US Treasury Department, tasked with monitoring …and implementing the anti-Iran sanctions," he pointed out.
Furthermore, "the center is designing newer and more developed sanction models" against the Islamic Republic, he added.
The Iranian official cast doubt on the efficiency of the US-pushed sanctions, adding that Washington's primary objective has been to cripple Iran's banking and financial systems, but the "plot has been foiled due to the country's prudent measures".
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.
"Economic warfare is the main US threat against Iran," Jalali stated.
Jalali made a reference to US-engineered sanctions against Iran, saying 80 percent of such measures are of "economic nature" and are aimed at laying an "economic siege" on the Islamic Republic.
"Washington has set up a center at the US Treasury Department, tasked with monitoring …and implementing the anti-Iran sanctions," he pointed out.
Furthermore, "the center is designing newer and more developed sanction models" against the Islamic Republic, he added.
The Iranian official cast doubt on the efficiency of the US-pushed sanctions, adding that Washington's primary objective has been to cripple Iran's banking and financial systems, but the "plot has been foiled due to the country's prudent measures".
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.
