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Iran foreign minister says enemies seek to fuel unrest through economic pressure

Dec 25, 2025, 10:23 GMT+0
A man walks past a sign at a currency exchange bureau as the value of the Iranian rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 20, 2025.
A man walks past a sign at a currency exchange bureau as the value of the Iranian rial drops, in Tehran, Iran, December 20, 2025.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Thursday of what he called a new attempt to destabilize the country through economic pressure, urging national unity.

“A new plot is underway, with the enemy seeking to worsen economic conditions in order to fuel dissatisfaction and create internal problems for the system,” Araghchi said, dismissing what he described as attempts to destabilize the country from within.

Araghchi said Iran’s adversaries were aiming to exert economic pressure to provoke unrest, but vowed such efforts would fail, drawing parallels with what he called Iran’s resilience during a recent 12-day war.

“Just as we overcame the 12-day war using domestically built missiles, the resistance of our armed forces and the efforts of our people and government, we must now stand together to defeat this economic crisis and the enemies’ attempts to impose harsh conditions,” he said.

Iran had weathered four decades of sanctions and the presence of global military powers, Tehran’s top diplomat adding that the country had emerged from the latest conflict “with pride,” and would do so again in the face of economic pressure.

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