President-elect Hassan Rouhani�said Sunday that�the government should avoid a planned economy, instead bringing in economic experts to manage the situation.
Rouhani made his comments in a meeting with senior figures from the Iranian Chamber of Commerce at the Expediency Council�s Strategic Research Center. He later tweeted the key message from his Persian-language Twitter account:
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The economy � devastated by years of mismanagement and increasingly harsh Western sanctions � will be Rouhani�s biggest challenge. The President-elect�s comments came a day after the Central Bank�halved the national currency�s official rate�against the dollar, in another attempt to shore up the economy.

Meanwhile, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had a different message: Iran�s economy is stronger and able to �deal with fluctuations more effectively�.

The outgoing President�said in a televised interview�that his administration would leave a �gift� to Rouhani � Iran�s foreign reserves, which he claimed are over $100 billion.

By Enduring America

 

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