Iran president says economy is main front in conflict

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Wednesday that the economy and people’s livelihood resilience had become the main front in the confrontation with the country’s adversaries.

Speaking at a meeting with members of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Pezeshkian called business leaders and traders the front line of what he described as an economic war.

He said the government would not allow the private sector to collapse.