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Iran

Leader: Economy must open up

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that foreign investors should no longer be viewed as a threat and signaled his country's decadeslong isolation from the world economy could soon end. Speaking at an economic conference in Teheran, he said the nation would not give up its principles but it would be better placed to conclusively emerge from recession if it opened up. "Our political life has shown we cannot have sustainable growth while we are isolated," he said.