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198538
Mon, 08/01/2011 - 15:16
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Commander: West's Sanctions Consolidate Iran's Move towards Progress
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian military commander dismissed western sanctions policy against Iran as a worn-out move, saying that such pressures have just consolidated the country's resolve towards progress.
"Sanctions have motivated progress in the country. Every sanction against the country is a step or sometimes more than a step forward," Iranian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Amir Hatami told FNA on Monday, reminding that the sanctions imposed on the country since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 have always backfired.
He further said that the country's Armed Forces are capable and self-sufficient in manufacturing all weapons needed for confronting the enemies.
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, economy and military.
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.
Iran says that western sanctions and pressures have only consolidated the Iranians' national resolve and encouraged them to reach self-sufficiency in many economic and military fields.
The Iranian Armed Forces recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of its home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems, in a series of massive military drills.
Iranian officials have always underlined that its armed development and self-sufficiency program serves defensive purposes.
"Sanctions have motivated progress in the country. Every sanction against the country is a step or sometimes more than a step forward," Iranian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Amir Hatami told FNA on Monday, reminding that the sanctions imposed on the country since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 have always backfired.
He further said that the country's Armed Forces are capable and self-sufficient in manufacturing all weapons needed for confronting the enemies.
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, economy and military.
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.
Iran says that western sanctions and pressures have only consolidated the Iranians' national resolve and encouraged them to reach self-sufficiency in many economic and military fields.
The Iranian Armed Forces recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of its home-made weapons, tools and equipments, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircraft, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems, in a series of massive military drills.
Iranian officials have always underlined that its armed development and self-sufficiency program serves defensive purposes.
