According to The Jerusalem Post: Retired Brig

According to The Independent Farsi, in an interview with "Radio 103 FM" he said that the U.S. approach is the continuation of economic pressure and blocking Tehran's financial arteries, and said: "The United States is a superpower whose approach is to strangle Iran's economy and it really will strangle it." Referring to the collapse of oil revenues, the government's lack of money, and the horrific inflation, he stressed: "With six to nine months of continued pressure, surely the people will return to the streets." •.