Press TV - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says American sanctions are �more fragile than� Iran�s economy, emphasizing that the Iranian nation will �slap the US in the face� by defeating those bans????, once again.

Ayatollah Khamenei made the remarks during a speech to a large gathering of Iran�s Basij volunteer forces and senior military officials at the Azadi Stadium in the capital, Tehran, which has a capacity of 100,000 people.

�Following vast explorations, the enemy has arrived at sanctions [as a solution] to counter the Islamic Republic. It has no other solution but economic sanctions. Other paths in front of it are blocked,� said Ayatollah Khamenei, stressing, however, that �economic sanctions are more fragile than our national economy.�
�Our national economy can defeat�sanctions,� said the Leader. �The defeat of sanctions will be America�s defeat, and the US, with this defeat, should once again be slapped in the face by the Iranian nation, God willing.�

�The enemy wants to bring the Iranian nation to the conclusion that there is a dead end, and that there is no solution except kneeling and giving in to the US,� The Leader said, adding that those promoting such a viewpoint at home are traitors to the country.

Ayatollah Khamenei, however, assured that he �will not allow that to happen in the country� with the help of the nation.

The Leader further said the Iranian nation has been blessed with �invincibility,� which is rooted in its 1979 Islamic Revolution, its eight-year Holy Defense of the country against the ex-Iraqi regime�s war in the following years, and in general, its steadfast resistance over the past 40 years in the face of all enemy plots.

�The grandeur and authority of the Islamic Republic and its invincibility are not empty talk or mere slogans. It�is a fact that the enemies seek to keep us ignorant of,� stressed the Leader.

Ayatollah Khamenei said US President Donald Trump had recently told some European leaders that Iran�s Islamic establishment would be toppled in 2-3 months, adding that such comments are nothing new.

However, almost 40 years into the Revolution, the Islamic Republic has only grown more powerful, the Leader said. �The enemy of the Iranian nation has failed to gain an understanding of the Revolution and the revolutionary spirit; this wrong analysis has misled it [the enemy] in the course of these years.�

The US�s enmity towards the Iranian nation is not merely due to �Death to America� chants, Ayatollah Khamenei said. �They [the Americans]�are afraid of Islamic power and the Revolution�s might.�

Ayatollah Khamenei further advised that �both youths and authorities should convey a message of power to the enemy not a message of weakness.�

The enemy, the Leader said, will retreat if it faces national unity, strength and firm determination, and if domestic rifts are set aside.