One of Iran's top army commanders said that U.S.-sponsored sanctions have proved "ineffective" to Iran's army, Press TV reported on Sunday.Brigadier General Hossein Valivand-Zamani was quoted as saying, "The sanctions have had no impact on Iran's military technology, because our military knowledge is based on the experiences of the eight-year sacred defense (the Iran-Iraq war) and other wars that took place in neighboring countries."
Valivand-Zamani added that after the Revolution, Iran's military expetise became "localized" and the country's army uses no Western military training material. According to the report, he said that Iran has made great achievements in its defense capacity and attained self-sufficiency in producing essential military equipment and systems.