Iran makes progress despite sanctions by Khamenei
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the satellite launch was achieved despite sanctions from the West, according to the report by the official news agency IRNA.
“The economic sanctions imposed on the Iranian nation have led to progress and the considerable scientific achievements such as the launch of the Omid satellite,” Khamenei said, noting the ineffectiveness of sanctions imposed by the West.
Early Thursday, Iran said the satellite telecommunications lightweight Omid, Iranian-made, had been successfully placed in orbit by the rocket Safir-2 manufactured in Iran, sparking concerns of the West over its potential military targets .
“Some big powers still trying to ignore the significant role of Iran in the development of the world,” he said during the meeting with a group of army commanders of the Iranian Air on the occasion of celebrating the 30th anniversary of Islamic revolution.
Shortly after the victory of Islamic Revolution of the Shah in 1979, military sanctions, economic, scientific and trade have been imposed on Iran by the United States or under pressure from Washington.
Currently, the sanctions include a total embargo on dealings between Iran and U.S. citizens, investment and global oil companies in Iran, a ban on selling aircraft and spare parts to companies in the Iranian Air Force and a ban on the export of military technology and weapons to Iran to assist the country to increase the size of its nuclear activities.
尽管伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊使制裁进展
伊朗最高领袖哈梅内伊27日说,尽管卫星发射是从西方制裁的实现,根据官方通讯社报道。
"Les sanctions économiques imposées sur la nation iranienne ont conduit à des progrès et à des exploits scientifiques considérables tels que le lancement du satellite Omid," a déclaré Khamenei, soulignant l’inéfficacité des sanctions imposées par l’Occident.
周四,伊朗表示,卫星通信轻量级奥米德,伊朗制造的,已成功地送入轨道的萨菲尔- 2在伊朗制造的火箭,引发了其潜在的军事目标,西方关注。
“有些仍试图无视伊朗在世界发展的重要作用的大国,”他说,在与对伊朗空军部队指挥官小组会议在庆祝伊斯兰革命30周年之际。
后不久,伊朗国王在1979年伊斯兰革命的胜利,军事制裁,经济,科技和贸易一直对伊朗实行美国或来自华盛顿的压力。
目前,制裁措施包括对伊朗与美国公民,在伊朗的投资和一个出售飞机和备件的伊朗空军的公司禁止全球石油交易公司全面禁运并就军事技术和武器,向伊朗出口的禁令,以协助该国增加其核活动的规模。09.02.09
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