Iran vows to defeat U.S. in "economic war"
TEHRAN, March 21 (Xinhua) -- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that his country will defeat the United States in the latter's anti-Iran "economic war."
"The enemy has waged economic war on us. We must defeat the enemy in this war," said Khamenei in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad.
He made the remarks, broadcast live on the state IRIB TV, on the first day of the Iranian New Year.
"We must establish economic deterrence so that it (the United States) cannot use economic loopholes to harm the country," he added.
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