President Says Improving Economy, Govˈt Top Priority

Tehran, July 14, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani Sunday evening said improving the countryˈs economy is a top priority for the government. He made the remarks during the third round of government and parliament joint meetings in the presence of Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani. Rouhani called for close cooperation with Majlis to improve the present economic situation. Controlling inflation and breaking recession are the administrationˈs first priorities, President added. President Rouhani noted that the government will announce its packages offering economic boom and breaking recession in a near future. Iran faced with a raging inflation in the past years, but Rouhani administraton could take very good steps towards reducing it. The government has declared that it intends to reduce inflation in the next Iranian calender year (1394) to less than 25 percent and in the year after (1395) to less than 10./end