President Rouhani: U.S. Sanctions Have Helped Iran
TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday unilateral U.S. sanctions have helped Iran because the pressures push the nation to work harder and produce substitutes to the embargoed items.
"Some countries think that sanctions are reducing the pace of Iran’s development but they motivate us to produce the parts we used to import,” Rouhani told heads of knowledge-based companies and startups here.
The president said working towards self-sufficiency is a practical battle against imperialism and major powers. "Sanctions are aimed at reducing the growth of technology in our country … but we need to use sanctions as an opportunity for growth.”
Rouhani said those countries which build walls around themselves will be destroyed from inside and will achieve no progress.
The president touched on the Trump’s administration insistence on building physical walls along its southern borders. "They do not know that all their progress was down to the fact that there existed no walls for many years.”
"If there is any growth and progress in the United States, it is because of the presence of different nationalities in the country,” Rouhani added.
Rouhani described freedom of thought as the most important infrastructure for progress in science, society and politics. "We believe that development in science and technology happens under freedom.”
The president also appreciated the work of knowledge-based enterprises and Deputy President for Science and Technology Sourena Sattari, saying "in the past five years, very good work has been done in science and technology.”
"One of the responsibilities of the government is facilitating communication with the world,” he said, adding, "We need to have close relations with different intellectuals from different countries.”
The president said every new technology that is built inside the country has to be exported after meeting domestic demands.
"We need to help knowledge-based enterprises in different fields such as insurance, taxation and other fields to achieve our desired result.”
"Some countries think that sanctions are reducing the pace of Iran’s development but they motivate us to produce the parts we used to import,” Rouhani told heads of knowledge-based companies and startups here.
The president said working towards self-sufficiency is a practical battle against imperialism and major powers. "Sanctions are aimed at reducing the growth of technology in our country … but we need to use sanctions as an opportunity for growth.”
Rouhani said those countries which build walls around themselves will be destroyed from inside and will achieve no progress.
The president touched on the Trump’s administration insistence on building physical walls along its southern borders. "They do not know that all their progress was down to the fact that there existed no walls for many years.”
"If there is any growth and progress in the United States, it is because of the presence of different nationalities in the country,” Rouhani added.
Rouhani described freedom of thought as the most important infrastructure for progress in science, society and politics. "We believe that development in science and technology happens under freedom.”
The president also appreciated the work of knowledge-based enterprises and Deputy President for Science and Technology Sourena Sattari, saying "in the past five years, very good work has been done in science and technology.”
"One of the responsibilities of the government is facilitating communication with the world,” he said, adding, "We need to have close relations with different intellectuals from different countries.”
The president said every new technology that is built inside the country has to be exported after meeting domestic demands.
"We need to help knowledge-based enterprises in different fields such as insurance, taxation and other fields to achieve our desired result.”