Tehran, March 21 (TIWN) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi have praised Iranians for their resistance against US sanctions, saying the people managed to "defeat Washington's maximum pressure campaign".

They made the remarks in their congratulatory addresses to the Iranian nation on the occasion of the Nowruz celebrations, marking the beginning of the new year in Iran.  Khamenei noted that "the abject failure" of the Americans' "maximum pressure" was among the Iranian people's sweet and biggest achievements in the previous year, describing it as a victory achieved in the light of their resistance, the leader's website wrote.