Iran must end its isolation for the economy to boom: president

Teheran

IRAN's President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that foreign investors should no longer be viewed as a threat and signalled his country's decades-long isolation from the world economy could soon end.

Speaking at an economic conference in Teheran, he said the Islamic republic would not give up its principles but it would be better placed to conclusively emerge from recession if it opened up.