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Tehran, Oct. 20, 2016 (dpa/NAN) Iran President, Hassan Rowhani, on Thursday said that the country needed political change in order to trade effectively with the rest of the world.
“In the past few years we have had global Iranophobia, which we need to get rid of in order to make business with foreign countries possible,’’ Rowhani said.
He said that the need for international partnership was arrived at after a meeting with foreign and domestic traders.
The president cited this damaging sentiment as a reason for his government’s moves to mend Iran’s relations with international partners.
In July 2015, Iran struck a deal with global powers to lift sanctions in return for curbing its nuclear capabilities.
Political hardliners in Tehran have called for scrapping of the agreement, in an attempt to undermine the moderate leader, who is seeking re-election in May.
Rowhani said that no country could expect economic success without opening up to the outside world.
He said his critics, who claimed he made too made compromises in brokering the nuclear deal should return to the 21st century. (dpa/NAN)
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Edited by Damilola Oyewole and Abdullahi Yusuf