Rouhani: Nat’l Unity Vital to Weather Economic War

National unity can help reduce the price that Iran is paying for resisting the United States' "unprecedented" pressure, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, criticizing "politically motivated" attempts to undermine the administration as an act of "betrayal". 
"We can emerge victorious from this war, but we have to reduce the cost of the war. Disunity and discord increase the cost of the war," he said in a meeting with media representatives in Tehran, his website reported. 
Tensions have escalated between Tehran and Washington in recent weeks, as the US has intensified sanctions with what it says is the goal of pushing Iran to make concessions beyond the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal.