TEHRAN, Iran—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday urged his people to be strong, while his government tries to tamp down protests over economic woes as the country braces for new U.S. sanctions.
In a speech broadcast a day after the U.S. threatened to impose sanctions on countries that don’t stop importing Iranian oil, the president didn’t directly address the U.S. warning, which comes after Washington in May pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal and restored sanctions as it seeks to isolate the country diplomatically...