Reuters - Iran�s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked the government to work �day and night� to resolve economic problems, as parliament increases pressure on President Hassan Rouhani over handling the economic hardship following U.S. sanctions.

�We need to be strong in the economic field ... The officials should work hard day and night to resolve the problems,� Ayatollah Khamenei was quoted as saying by the state television in a meeting with Rouhani and his cabinet on Wednesday.

Reporting by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin; Editing by Alison Williams