TEHRAN – Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi has urged officials to solve the economic problems, warning of enemy plots to exploit the issue.

Today, the enemies are exploiting the country’s economic issues to put pressure on Iran and hamper the country’s progress, Ayatollah Shahroudi said in a council meeting on Saturday.

He said economic issues are among the most important issues of the country which needs to be dealt with in order to boost people’s livelihoods, ISNA reported.

The Expediency Council chief also thanked the people for their prayers during the time he spent in the hospital.

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