Star Wars Theme Adds Fighting Spirit as Iran Urged to Resist

Red-hot furnaces, oil rigs that glint in the sun, tankers carving through silver seas, all set to the Star Wars soundtrack. This, suggests Iran’s state television, is what an “economy of resistance” looks like.

While the music is Hollywood, the four-minute broadcasts reflect the vision of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who authored a defiant February decree that sought the overhaul of an economy that remains crippled by global sanctions. Buccaneering entrepreneurs should be supported, oil and gas fields scoured for their riches.