Tehran, October 14, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani in a televised interview introduced his government’s achievements in various areas particularly in the field of economy.
In his comments on Iran’s economy, aired on Iran’s IRIB on Monday night, he said the government has succeeded in creating a stable condition conducive to economic growth.
The president said that the country had nearly $50 billion worth of non-oil exports and imports in the first six months of the Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).

The rate of increase in Iran’s inflation has dropped to about one percent a month, he stated, noting that the country’s inflation will fall below 20 percent up to the end of this year (March 20, 2015).

The president called the decline in the inflation and the country’s move out of the recession a great victory for the Iranian nation.

President Rouhani believed that the economy would improve when private and cooperative sectors are given the opportunity and space in managing the economy.

“We welcome criticism and expert views; however, nobody would cast doubt on our figures and statistics,” Rouhani said, urging the public to be satisfied with the progress made toward prosperity.

President Rouhani also said that the environment has a top priority for his government, because it is directly related to the people’s health.

The president reiterated that resolving environmental problems requires planning.

He referred to water shortage as a major challenge of the country and called for preservation of Urumiyeh Lake and Zayanderud which are drying up.

We will find a solution to the nuclear subject, and we believe that the two sides will certainly reach a win-win agreement, the president said.

“The people now feel that the era of high turbulence in their foreign relations is over, and that is while the nuclear negotiations is a part of our foreign relations,” said President Rouhani.

He added that the big world powers are now volunteers for talks with high-ranking Iranian officials and the country’s foreign policy has taken a long stride forward.

The world has accepted that Iran should have access to nuclear technology and that this issue should be resolved through negotiations, the president said.

He voiced optimism about reaching a comprehensive agreement before the November 24th deadline, saying “good steps” had been taken to resolve the issue.

“Reaching a final agreement (in the nuclear field) is a major task. There is now agreement over the general points with the 5+1 Group and Iran’s nuclear right is today officially recognized.”

He added, Iran and G5+1 have developed an agreement about fundamentals of the nuclear issue.

President Rouhani said that there are still differences of opinion over certain details and it cannot be predicted precisely when the final agreement will be achieved.

But there is no doubt that Iran’s return to the conditions it experienced a year ago in that respect is not possible, he said.

By IRNA

 

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