IRAN FEELS THE SQUEEZE: Ayatollah acknowledges economic pressure in RARE message #shorts #foxnews

Iran's supreme leader is calling on. Muslim countries to unite against the. United States and Israel. The message. comes with Iran's economy under intense. pressure from US sanctions and the. Ayatollah there acknowledging hardship. at home. Chief foreign correspondent. Trey Yingst reports from Tel Aviv. >> John, good afternoon. Iranian officials. are now reacting publicly to the new US. economic pressure against their country. Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei. released a statement urging more. domestic production and less reliance on.

the US dollar. His official X account. posted, "Equally vital is giving special. attention to economic growth, boosting. production, gradually phasing out the US. dollar from playing a pivotal role, and. ultimately making resistance economy the. central focus." All of which are among. the goals of the service-oriented. government. Iran's president Masoud. Pezeshkian also discussed the strain. experienced in Tehran. >> Exports and imports have fallen by 25 to. 35%. This is our exports have fallen. more, but our imports have also.

declined. Of course, exports have seen a. bigger drop than imports. The meaning of. this is clear to those who understand. economics. I do not want to spell it. out. I do not know what to say to those. who claim that the sanctions have no. effect. >> This comes as the US naval blockade. remains in full effect. US Central. Command says as of August 28th, CENTCOM. forces have redirected 82 commercial. vessels, disabled three, and boarded two. to ensure compliance.