Belarus strongly denounces new coordinated sanctions by Western countries against the ex-Soviet state, stressing that the bans amount to a declaration of economic war.

Foreign Minister Zarif says the US must stop trying to use its illegal economic war as negotiating “leverage” against Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States is using the dollar as an instrument to wage economic and political war.

Iranian President Rouhani says Washington has failed to bring Tehran to its knees through its economic war.

President Assad calls the depreciation of Syrian pound “a foreign plot,” and demands Syrians to stick by the state and counter the currency crash.

Rouhani says the people in the world are greatly indebted to the Iranian nation for helping to bring about the departure of ex-US president Donald Trump through resistance in the face of his pressure campaign.

President Hassan Rouhani says the Iranian people should have confidence in the bright future awaiting the country’s economy as the failure of the US economic war will open up a new chapter in trade ties.