Regional development impossible without Iran, Iranian chamber official says

[IRNA] The head of the investment committee at Iran's chamber of commerce, Farshid Shekarkhodaei, stressed the importance of strengthening and expanding economic ties with regional countries and broadening joint cooperation, saying the notion that regional states can achieve development and sustainable growth by weakening Iran does not match the region's reality and that such an approach would harm the region's economy and stability in the long term, according to IRNA.