They (the Americans) are moving in this direction in a bid to be able to reinstate their previous hegemony, Ayatollah Khamenei told a large crowd of pilgrims in the holy city of Mashhad on the first day of Persian New Year on Sunday.
The Leader said Irans 1979 Islamic Revolution liberatedthe nation of Washington'sdeep-rooted grip, adding that Iraniansproved that it is possible to stand up to the US.Hesaid the revolution handed the country back to the nation, its true owners.
Before the revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei said,thatUSused to plunder Irans riches and the oustedPahlavi regime was the main base of the UK and the USin the region.
The Leader reiterated that the Iranian nation has no issues with the American people butthe US administration is the enemy of Iran.
'US not honoring JCPOA'
Pointing to Iran's nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group of countries, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan ofAction (JCPOA),Ayatollah Khamenei said the other side, under various pretexts and through deception,is not fully implementing its side of the deal such as removing all obstaclesto Iran's banking transactionsor unfreezing the country'sassets abroad.
In the agreement we reached with the Americans on the nuclear issue, the Americans did not deliver on their pledges Today, all cross Western countries and those who are under their impact, our banking restrictions are still facing problem and repatriation of our assets are facing problem, said Ayatollah Khamenei, adding that they fear the Americans.
Elsewhere,Ayatollah Khamenei said there is no guarantee that President Barack Obamas successor would fulfill these minimum obligations.
The US presidential candidates are vying with each other in inveighing against Iran...These are [proof of] enmity, said the Leader.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew is making ceaseless efforts in order to prevent Iran from benefiting from the JCPOA results.
Regarding his choice of an economic motto for the New Year, namely Resistance Economy; Plan and Action, the Leader said that the West seeksto imply that Iranians have only one of two choices, namely either to come to terms with the US or suffer economic hardships.
The Leadersaid the West seeks to instilland propagate the notion that Iraniansmust either bow to the demands of the US or suffer the consequences. Ayatollah Khamenei warned thatsubmission to the wishesof the US is tantamount to backing down from one's stances and a loss of independence.
Ayatollah Khamenei said the West would like the Iranians to back down from its demands such as on the issue of Palestine and turn into what the US would like it to be and likesome regional states bereconciledwith "the Zionist enemy."
The Leadersaid the enemy, if not resisted,will gradually expand its demands to the point where it will question the very founding principlesof the Islamic Republic and seek to change its essence and substance.
Ayatollah Khamenei called for anincrease in the productivity level in Iran, particularly in the energy sector,adding thiscan save billions of dollars.
By Press TV
