Countries Joining US Will Be Enemies, Iran W

Iran on Saturday warned countries against participating in the United States’ “economic war” against the Islamic republic, saying they would be considered enemies. Washington has pushed its allies to jump aboard Donald Trump’s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, as the US President’s unpopular war drags toward the six-month mark. “We declare to all countries… do not join the economic war waged by the United States,” said Mohsen Rezai, the head of Iran’s supreme national security council, on state television. “Any country participating in the imposition of economic restrictions against us is considered an enemy,” he added. If the countries concerned refused to “distance themselves” from the United States, Iran would “harm” their interests, he added. Rezai also insisted that the Islamic republic had more cards to play in the war, claiming that “we have not yet attacked any American economic interests”.