Rouhani: US Taking Economic Revenge on Iran Over Regional Setbacks

The United States has waged an economic war against the Iranian nation in revenge for the repeated defeats it has suffered in the region, President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday, pledging that the country will not yield to pressure to change its policies. 
“They [the Americans] are under the impression that they have experienced setbacks in Yemen, Syria and Lebanon because of the resistance of the Iranian nation. But they are mistaken, as their defeats are the result of resistance put up by all regional nations,” he said in a speech in the city of Khoy, West Azarbaijan Province.
The president inaugurated several major development projects during his visit, including a 225-bed hospital in Khoy and a railroad connecting Urmia, the capital of the northwestern province, to Maragheh in the neighboring province of East Azarbaijan.