Resistance Economy

TEHRAN (FNA)- A prominent Iranian lawmaker underlined the importance of practicing the resistance economy as proposed by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, saying the country should start exercising the intrinsic model, no matter sanctions are removed or intensified."The importance of internal power is to such an extent that this issue (the economy of resistance) should receive due attention and care irrespective of changes" in the fate of the nuclear talks between Iran and the six world powers, Chairman of the parliament's Industries and Mines Commission Hamid Reza Fouladgar said, addressing a conference in Tehran on Wednesday. He underlined that the resistance economy policies reflect the core of the country's policies over the past nine years. "Even if the sanctions are reduced which seems unlikely … we should still enter the world markets," the Iranian lawmaker said.
In early March, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with economic activists, elites and state officials in Tehran explained the root cause of Iran's turn to the Resistance Economy as well as the specifications, features and components of such an economic model. Ayatollah Khamenei elaborated on the reasons and incentives for the adoption of the economy of resistance, and said, "Abundant material and non-material capacities of the country, treatment of chronic and lasting economic problems, confrontation against sanctions and immunizing the country's economy against global economic crises" are the reasons why such a model should be practiced in Iran. He further noted that the components of the resistance economy are "creating movement and dynamicity in the country's economy and improving macroeconomic indicators", "ability to resist against threatening factors", "reliance on internal capacities", adoption of a "Jihadi approach", "people-centeredness", "reforming consumption patterns", "campaign against corruption" and adoption of "knowledge-based approach".
Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the sanctions imposed by the western powers against Iran due to its peaceful nuclear program, and said the country should strengthen its economy in a way that no boycott and embargo could ever leave a negative impact on it so easily.