Iran touts its trade ties as U.S. turns from bombs to economic warfare

18m ago Iranian parliament speaker calls for Iran and Iraq to cooperate to counter "economic warfare" Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called on Iran and Iraq to strengthen economic cooperation and prepare for what he described as "unjust sanctions," warning that the United States and Israel had shifted toward economic warfare after failing to defeat the two countries militarily.Speaking to Iranian and Iraqi businesspeople at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, Ghalibaf said the two countries should develop mechanisms to withstand sanctions and reduce their dependence on the U.S. dollar."If you look at the resources and raw materials of Muslim countries, you will realize that our enemies come to plunder them," Ghalibaf said, according to a post on his channel on the Telegram messaging app. He called for plans to overcome sanctions and argued that Iran and Iraq could conduct trade using their own national currencies."Today, it is possible to conduct trade exchanges using national currencies and strike at the mouth of the U.S. dollar," he said. Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi attend a meeting at the ...