Tehran 0
31 October 2018

President Rouhani acknowledged that "in the recent months [the] situation has been tough for our people, but the government is making its best to reduce problems and we won't let this trend continue". Predicting that "the new U.S. plot against Iran will definitely fail", Rouhani went on to remark that "we tell tell our business partners that this U.S. pressure is transitory and our relations with you are permanent. Americans will shout a few days, but they will go". 

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