Iran vowed Friday to strengthen its economy and withstand what it called “unjust sanctions,” a day after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened the toughest-ever financial measures against Tehran.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Baqer Qalibaf, one of the country’s most influential political figures and a senior negotiator in talks with the United States, said economic resilience and national security were closely connected.
Speaking to Iranian and Iraqi business representatives in Baghdad, Qalibaf accused the United States and Israel of waging economic and “cognitive” warfare after failing to defeat Iran through direct military confrontation.
“If you look at the resources and raw materials of Muslim countries, you will realize that our enemies come to plunder them,” Qalibaf said, according to a statement posted on his Telegram channel. “Therefore, we must make plans to deal with the unjust sanctions so that we can overcome them.”
Qalibaf also called for closer economic cooperation between Iran and Iraq, including greater use of their national currencies in bilateral trade to reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar.
