U.S. trying to find collapse of Iranian financial system: vice president

TEHRAN – Initially Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri has denounced the U.S. “unprecedented” tension on Iran, saying the most important objective of the pressure was to deliver the Iranian financial system to collapse.

“Their aim was to bring about the collapse of Iran’s economic climate but the governing administration, by way of arranging, did not allow for them to realize their aim. Fortunately, the country’s economic climate is however kept afloat,” Jahangiri stated in a telephone conversation with Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani on Saturday, adding that the People have imposed unparalleled sanctions and tension on the Iranian country.

The vice president mentioned Iran is currently dealing with two primary troubles: U.S. cruel sanctions and complications arising from the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

For his section, the grand ayatollah said large charges and economic strain are inflicting ache on standard folks and that the authorities requirements to consider steps to decrease the sufferings of the people.

On Saturday, Jahangiri spoke by cellular phone with a selection of Maraji (religious leaders) or their reps. He held telephone conversations with Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani, and the consultant of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Iran, Ayatollah Shahrestani.

The vice president informed the representative of Ayatollah Sistani that the U.S. sanctions have made daily life tough for the Iranian folks.

“The cruel and cowardly sanctions of the United States have place heavy tension on the livelihood of the people, and we hope that with double attempts, the participation of the people and the prayers of the Maraji, we can solve these difficulties,” Jahangiri mentioned.

U.S. President Donald Trump has unilaterally withdrawn the U.S. from a 2015 nuclear offer among Iran and environment powers that had delivered Iran with sanctions reduction for almost two many years. Calling the Iran nuclear offer “the worst deal in history,” Trump termed for producing a “better” one particular with Iran although imposing sweeping financial sanctions on Iran.

Iranian officers have mentioned the U.S. sanctions on Iran sum to “economic terrorism,” which aims to provide about the collapse of the Iranian financial state. In late July, President Hassan Rouhani claimed the U.S. sanctions have been aimed at causing economic collapse in Iran but they failed to do so.

Rouhani not long ago said the U.S. has imposed an financial war on Iran.

“We have been under sanctions because 1980 but due to the fact 2017 an financial war started. Suitable now, it is not sanctions but an financial war. The U.S., with all its capacities this kind of as dollar, banking ties, and its relations with multinational companies, has waged an economic war from us,” Rouhani claimed on September 23.

The White Property has also bragged about its sanctions on Iran. American officers have claimed on many events that they imposed the strongest sanctions in record on Iran, a go that negatively impacted regular Iranians primarily those suffering from serious ailments that require pricey medicines and their medications are imported. The sanctions also brought about lack of medicines because several pharmaceutical corporations chorus from carrying out small business with Iran out of worry that they may well fall afoul of U.S. sanctions.

SM/PA