The lesson that Khamenei has taken from the nuclear issue is that Iran’s excessive reliance on oil sales and international financial institutions made it vulnerable to pressure from America. To be truly independent, he believes, Iran must be isolated from the West and estranged from global markets. Only then can the Islamic Republic sustain its revolutionary values and stand up to the United States. National poverty may be a price that Iran has to pay for such autonomy.
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