Iran has a plan for managing the country under any circumstances, Rouhani says

Iranian officials said Tuesday that the country would stand united in the face of any new sanctions or threats from the United States.

Iran could face some problems if Trump restores sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said “But we will move on”.

“If we are under sanctions or not, we should stand on our feet,” Rouhani said.

Rouhani's first vice president, Eshaq Jahangiri, said the government has "a plan for managing the country under any circumstances.

Rouhani staked much of his political credibility on the nuclear deal with world powers. But even as oil exports picked up in the wake of the agreement, ordinary Iranians have said they felt few tangible benefits from the accord.

Widespread economic unrest, currency fluctuations and a recent judicial ban on the popular messaging app, Telegram, have all weakened the president, analysts said. A collapse of the nuclear pact could weaken Rouhani further, giving room for hard-line opponents of the accord to exert more influence.

"Rouhani is already under huge pressure," said Saeid Hasanzadeh, an Iranian analyst based in Istanbul.

He said that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who wields ultimate religious and political authority in Iran, has distanced himself enough from the nuclear deal that its failure would be blamed on Rouhani.

The supreme leader "did not take direct responsibility for the deal," Hasanzadeh said. "So the responsibility falls entirely on Rouhani's shoulders."