Iran Accuses US of Making Effort to Block Iran's Economic Development

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Iran Accuses US of Making Effort to Block Iran's Economic Development

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has accused the United States of making every effort to block Iran's economic development and progress, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has accused the United States of making every effort to block Iran's economic development and progress, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

In reaction to US accusation that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, Khamenei said Iran has never violated the international commitments and said its nuclear facilities are to generate electricity for modernizing social life.

He made clear that Iran "will never back down on the Islamic criteria and ethical requirements."

In a meeting with university students and teachers, Khamenei said Iran insists on its own distinct rights in the international community and proceeds with its scientific progress.

"The United States has designs for every class of Iranian society especially for the academics who have made great strides in the field of science and technology. By making accusation against Iran, the US wants to play down the social progress the Iranian nation has achieved in the past 24 years," the supreme leader said.

Referring to US threats to attack Iran, Khamenei said such threats are nothing new. "The US has embarked on systematic threats against Iran from the morrow of victory of the Islamic revolution." "The Iranian nation will defend its dignity and achievements," Khamenei said.

He said the US threats are rooted in animosity emanating from the overthrow of the US-backed puppet regime in Iran and putting anend to the two-century record of colonialism in the country by the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

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