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.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has drawn a parallel between the hostile policies of outgoing US President Donald Trump and Iraq's Saddam Hussein for waging wars on the Islamic Republic, saying the American leader will eventually not fare much better than the former Iraqi dictator.