The Iranian president made remarks on Sunday at a meeting convened by Iran’s Judiciary.
The president also added that Iran should exercise such foreign policy, which would rally the world behind it rather than behind the United States.
“We should not allow the US hand to expand and become powerful,” the president said, adding, “Our foreign policy should be of such effect that would make powers condemn the US and reproach it should it choose to stand against us.”
“Being revolutionary means isolating the United States, and speaking to the world in such a language that it would comprehend and accept our discourse," Rouhani stressed
The president said the US has become isolated in the international community because of its insistence to impose new sanctions against the Islamic Republic in breach of a nuclear accord.
“Does it suit us better for the US to remain alone on the international arena alongside Israel and Saudi Arabia [in its opposition to Iran], or should we act in such a way that would make the entire Europe, China, and Russia stand behind the United States?” he asked.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian president said the enemy was seeking to rob the Middle East of peace, stability, and development so it could both sell its arms and have an excuse to intervene.
“But we are seeking peace and stability in the region, cutting the enemy’s hand short, and taking excuses away from it,” the president noted.