USA vs. Iran

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Exemptions on Iran sanctions show U.S. retreat: MP
TEHRAN, March 21 (MNA) - The fact that the United States has granted exemptions from economic sanctions on Iran to a number of countries shows Washington’s retreat from its previous decisions, Iranian MP Kazem Jalali said on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave the waivers to Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and Japan, meaning that banks and other financial institutions based there will not be hit with penalties under U.S. law for 180 days, according to CBS News.
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Speaking to the Persian Service of ISNA, Jalali, who is the rapporteur of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said, “The issue is a clear retreat on the part of the United States and showed that although sanctions could be implemented by the United States and certain European countries, they have not been studied expertly in many cases.”...
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Leader: IRI to respond in kind to any attack (2012/03/20 - 20:51)

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said the Iranian nation will respond in kind to any possible attack on its soil by the US or the Zionist regime.
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“Global arrogance chiefs, those in positions of power and wealth, and their agents in our region are trying to intimidate the Iranian nation with all their financial, propaganda and political resources,” Ayatollah Khamenei added.
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Though the ill-wishers struggled to show that Iranians are incompetent, the nation has repeatedly demonstrated that “it can”, Ayatollah Khamenei said.

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