Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA President Hassan Rouhani here on Sunday highlighted the importance of competitive economy for the country.
He made the remarks in his opening speech to a gathering on the Iranian economy here on Sunday.
He stressed that economy will in no way improve by monopolistic ways and that
economy has to get rid of rent-seeking individuals and policies.
The president also urged all organizations to carry out their economic activities with total transparency.
Several Iranian ministers, university professors, governmental officials, economic activist are attending the first conference of the Iranian Economy on the theme 'Strategies for Achieving Sustained Growth and Employment'.
Some 1500 economic experts, officials and university scholars are going to discuss macroeconomic issues during the two-day event.