Tehran, YJC. Rouhani has said during the past few years there were those in the country who pretended to be circumventing Western sanctions while they actually “circumvented national interests.”
President
Hassan Rouhani who was speaking to a number of officials from Yazd province on Saturday
expressed pity that Western sanctions turned into alibi for some to make money.
"Some
would claim that they were able to circumvent the sanctions and annul their
consequences, but in practice, they circumvented national interests, so much so
that right now reimbursing people has turned into a challenge,” the president
stated, the presidential website reports.
He added
"The people of Iran have withstood the sanctions for their ideals and they will
continue to do so. It is our duty to lay grounds for reducing internal and
external problems through planning and reason; and to contribute to the
development of the country and to contradict the unjust pressure caused by
sanctions so that we will see a better future for the country.”