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Tehran (AFP) – President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that the divisions between the United States and Europe over the renewal of sanctions against Iran constituted a "rare historic victory" for the Islamic republic.
"If at the same time last year, we had declared that America would oppose the great Iranian nation … and that Europe would oppose it." 39, Iran and America, the overwhelming majority of us … would have said that it was pure optimism, "Rouhani said to legislators in a television address.
"The political victory of the great Iranian nation in recent months is a rare victory in history."
EU countries have fiercely opposed the decision of US President Donald Trump to abandon their historic nuclear deal with Iran in 2015 and reimpose sanctions, the last of which will return on November 5th.
Rouhani was addressing Parliament for an extraordinary session on the approval of four new ministers covering the portfolios of the economy, transport, labor and industry.
He acknowledged that the Iranians felt the economic tension and said, "We all understand that people are suffering and are under pressure, and people's lives, particularly those with fixed incomes, are very difficult."
But he insisted that there were sufficient supplies of commodities and currencies to deal with the storm even after a record rial fall during the summer and impending sanctions imposed on its crucial oil industry.
"We can not tell our people that because of American pressure we can not do anything, this answer is not acceptable, we can not tell people that because there is problems with the sale of our oil, we are unable to manage the country, "he said.
He criticized foreign media reports that costs were skyrocketing, although the Iranian central bank showed that food and beverage prices had risen 46.5 percent between September and September.
"The foreign media lie to the Iranian people and say that Iran is the most expensive country in which people live," Rouhani said.
The deputies were to decide Saturday on the approval of the four names proposed by Rouhani: Farhad Dejpas and Minister of Economy, Mohammad Eslami for transport, Reza Rahmani for the industry and Mohammad Shariatmadari for work .
The previous ministers of Economy and Labor were dismissed by Parliament in August, while the other two resigned last week.
