Khamenei addresses Iranian citizens in Persian New Year speech

Published March 20th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses commanders of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran on September 16, 2015. (AFP/File)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses commanders of the Revolutionary Guards in Tehran on September 16, 2015. (AFP/File)

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei starts addressing a large crowd of Iranian pilgrims at the Imam Reza holy shrine in the northwestern city of Mashhad on the occasion of the Persian calendar New Year. 

Pointing to his choice of an economic motto for the New Year, namely “Resistance Economy; Plan and Action,” the Leader said on Sunday that the West sought to imply that Iranians have only one of two choices, either to come to terms with the US or suffer economic hardships.