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Iran’s Leader Calls For ‘Resistance Economy’

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 25 July dismissed the effects of sanctions on his country and called for the establishment of a “resistance economy” to deal with the economic pressures on his country. He defined a resistance economy as the empowering of the private sector via Article 44 (which calls for privatization of state assets); reducing dependence on oil revenue;...