Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic would overcome the new US sanctions, which will be a defeat for Washington.

“We will overcome the sanctions and defeat the US. This would another slap in the face of the US,” Khamenei said on Thursday addressing a large gathering of Iran’s Basij volunteer forces at Azadi Stadium in the capital, Tehran, Tasnim news agency reported on October 4.

He added the enemies have resorted to different media outlets in their cultural onslaught against the country, calling on officials and the younger generation to remain vigilant.

“Enemies are seeking to put a sense of hopelessness in people and create this illusion that the only way out of problems is bowing before the US,” the leader said.

This shows that they have not recognized the revolutionary Iranian people, he said, noting, “The hungry cat always dreams of mice”.

“Our dear country has managed to stand out proudly among Muslim nations—and in some epochs, among all nations in the world—on areas of science, philosophy, politics, arts and humanities,” he said.