Economic Pressure Will Not Undermine Iran's Resilience

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary, Ali Larijani, has stated that external economic pressure will not weaken the country’s resilience.

“The West imagines that with economic pressure it can reduce Iran’s resilience,” Larijani said, adding that “the nation of Iran, with resistance and faith, will pass through this stage as well,” The Caspian Post reports citing Iranian media.

Speaking at a local event in Tehran on Thursday, Larijani pointed to the efforts made by Tehran to prevent the so-called snapback mechanism.

“In the matter of snapback as well, all efforts were made so that negotiations would result in a conclusion, but the Westerners stipulated that Iran reduce the range of its missiles to under 500 km, and in effect, they wanted to take the most important defensive weapon of the Iranian nation.”

He added that this demand concerned Iran’s “national security.”

Iran has rejected the legality of E3 (France, Germany, UK) triggering the snapback of UN sanctions, calling the mechanism “null and void” and a “fabricated” term. On Saturday, Tehran announced the expiration of UN Security Council Resolution 2231 and its relevant provisions and restrictions.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry emphasized that with the conclusion of the 10-year period set by the resolution on Saturday, the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program must now be treated like that of any other non-nuclear-weapon state under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

Iran has faced sustained economic pressure in recent years, particularly after the United States unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018 and re-imposed sweeping sanctions under the so-called “maximum pressure” policy.

Despite these pressures, Iran has sought to adapt through increased domestic production, non-dollar trade mechanisms, and expanding economic ties with partners in Asia and neighboring states.