Top Iran official says U.S. focus on economic warfare shows it has failed militarily
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Iran's parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, speaks during a commemoration ceremony for late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Hassan Mosque in Karbala, Iraq, on Aug. 20. Hadi Mizban/AP hide caption
The Iranian regime has dismissed President Trump's threats to crush Iran economically, saying that years of U.S. sanctions have failed.
On Friday, Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf, the country's main negotiator with the U.S., said Trump's threat of an "economic D-Day" shows that Washington is unable to prevail militarily.
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