Top Iranian Official Says US Turn to Economic Warfare Shows Military Failure
Iran's leadership has dismissed President Trump's threats to economically crush the country, arguing that years of US sanctions have already failed to achieve their goals.
A senior Iranian official has publicly rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to economically "crush" the country. The official argued that Washington's shift toward emphasizing economic pressure shows that the United States' military approach toward Iran has not succeeded.
According to the official, years of U.S. sanctions against Iran have failed to achieve their intended goals. The official contended that Washington's current focus on economic warfare, rather than military threats, actually reveals an inability to force change through military means.
Iran's leadership is thus framing the new U.S. threats as evidence of weakness rather than genuine danger. Tehran maintains that the country has been under U.S. economic pressure for years yet continues to function and operate independently of these sanctions.
Trump's statements about intentions to use economic measures against Iran are part of a longstanding U.S. policy toward the country. However, according to the Iranian official, this approach has already been tried before without results, meaning the new threats fundamentally change nothing about the existing situation.
The statement reflects Iran's official position, which seeks to downplay the significance of the new U.S. threats while highlighting the ineffectiveness of previous sanctions as an argument against any further economic pressure.
