Hammati responded to Marco Rubio's statements: "Because of your pressure, the lives of Iranians have become more difficult! ".
Hamati, referring to the words of the American foreign minister that "Iranians do not care about their economy and the welfare of their people", he said:
"Why don't they care? Now the main priorities of the government and the central bank are to provide the population with essential products and maintain the well-being of the people."
Speaking about the consequences of the sanctions pressure, he added:
"We recognize that because of your pressure, your dishonest actions and restrictions on the sale of our oil, people's lives are becoming more difficult and inflation is rising. But our main task is to ensure that the population suffers as little as possible from this pressure."