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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Sep 3, 2024, 06:40 PM Sep 2024

Iran's president says his country needs more than $100 billion in foreign investment [View all]

Iran’s president said Saturday his country needs some $100 billion in foreign investment to achieve an annual target of 8% economic growth up from the current rate of 4%.

The remarks by Masoud Pezeshkian, who was elected in July, came in his first live televised interview by state TV.

Pezeshkian said Iran needs up to $250 billion to reach its goal but more than half is available from domestic resources. Experts say growth in GDP of 8% would reduce double-digit inflation and unemployment rates.

Hundreds of entities and people in Iran — from the central bank and government officials to drone producers and money exchangers — are already under international sanctions, many of them accused of materially supporting Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and foreign militant groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.

https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-foreign-investment-sanctions-masoud-pezeshkian-395b4418d646816b1eef3053c4360295

Behave yourself and you might. Till then..

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