TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday said the history of the 1979 Islamic Revolution proves that ""threats will not force the Iranian nation to retreat.""

Addressing a rally in the southwestern city of Shiraz, Ayatollah Khamenei said, “The enemies of the Islamic system imagine that by hatching an economic plot and threatening with sanctions they can undermine the perseverance of Iranians.
“But the great nation of Iran will once again foil this plot just like it has overcame economic sanctions over the last thirty years (since the Islamic Revolution),” he vowed.
""Have you not tested the Iranian nation? We will continue on our path with power and will not allow the oppressors to deny this nation's right,"" the Supreme Leader said in an indirect reference to efforts by hegemonic power to deny Iran of its legitimate nuclear rights.
He called on Iranian “people and officials” to make every effort to bring the country to a level of economic growth where sanctions will have no effect whatsoever