Iran's Rouhani Declares End of 'Trumpism'
While inaugurating a new petrochemical plant on Thursday, Rouhani told reporters: "In the past three years of economic war, Iran proved that it will not surrender and the enemies suffered a humiliating defeat," according to the Tasnim News Agency.Iran regularly frames American sanctions as economic warfare or economic terrorism.
Rouhani said Iran's economy is "large" and "resistive," adding: "Many came to destroy Iran but failed to do so."."Today, Iran's economy faces a currency crisis, mounting public debt, and rising inflation," Pompeo said, noting that American sanctions had cut vital and lucrative Iranian oil exports by some 75 percent, denying the regime more than $70 billion in oil.The White House is applying more sanctions on Iran and according to The New York Times, Trump requested military options to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.