Spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mahmoud Abbaszadeh-Meshkini has said that the volume of the country’s trade transactions with the neighboring countries has tripled over past months and economic activities have noticeably risen.
Iranian media reports said Mahmoud Abbaszadeh-Meshkini made the remarks after the commission’s meeting with the interior minister and his deputies that the subject of discussions were about optimum economic management and better future.
“The commission members stressed that in order to achieve economic development such issues need to be pursued seriously,” he added.
Abbaszadeh-Meshkini said that the economic policies should be arranged in a way to make sure that the low-income people will not be harmed and the people’s needs will be easily at their disposal, according to Iranian media reports.
“In order to achieve those objectives precisely calculated strategies are needed and the Parliament should make sure that the process of economic management of the country is appropriate and effective and its implementation is properly pursued,” he said.
The parliament member said that the interior minister and his deputies answered the commission members’ questions about the country’s economic management and growth, and listened to the MPs’ related proposals.
Abbaszadeh-Meshkini said that the parliament members were convinced with the interior minister and his deputies’ explanations, and were assured that the low-income will be supported.