TEHRAN – Head of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Samad Hassanzadeh has issued a congratulatory message to the country’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian.

The message was issued on Saturday shortly after Pezeshkian was announced to have managed to secure the majority of votes in a run-off election to become the Iranian next president, the ICCIMA portal reported.

In his message, Hassanzadeh expressed hope that further cooperation between the government and the private sector would lead to more prosperity of the country and pride for the Iranian people.

He also referred to the large turnout of the Iranian people in the Friday elections which he said doubles the duty of the president-elect.

Hassanzadeh called on the president-elect to create coordination in the economic policy-making wings of the government which he believed are now distributed between several ministries.

He also urged the president-elect to choose his ministers, especially the economic ministers, based on their scientific and executive capabilities.

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