Tehran Chamber chief praises domestic entrepreneurs for preventing supply chain collapse despite enemy strikes on industrial estates, while urging an end to the crippling government-imposed pricing.
The head of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce has lauded Iran’s private sector for keeping the national supply and distribution networks fully operational despite the devastating impacts of the US-Israeli war of aggression, which directly targeted and destroyed several factories in industrial estates.
Addressing the 9th Amin al-Zarb Cultural Festival, Mahmoud Najafi Arab highlighted the immense sacrifices made by domestic entrepreneurs.
He noted that while the enemy's aggression severely disrupted access to foreign markets, restricted working capital, and made foreign investment nearly impossible, the private sector stood firmly alongside the nation, ensuring that not a single day of goods distribution was interrupted.
However, Najafi Arab issued a warning regarding domestic economic mismanagement, criticizing the government's reliance on mandatory price controls.
He argued that state intervention and arbitrary pricing have inflicted severe damage on the industrial and service sectors over the past 48 years, a burden that is only magnified during times of war.
Paradoxically, as the country faces external pressures, the volume of government directives and bureaucratic circulars has surged.
Najafi Arab revealed that in the month of September alone, various executive bodies issued a concerning number of new economic regulations, suffocating businesses precisely when they need agility the most.
Calling on the media to act as a catalyst for reform, the Chamber chief urged journalists to expose the destructive consequences of state intervention and mandatory pricing.
He emphasized that the media must dismantle the false, Western-inspired narrative that portrays Iranian businessmen as opportunistic, and instead highlight the multi-generational efforts required to build national industries.
Furthermore, he stressed that the fog of war must never be used as an excuse to compromise economic transparency.
The media must hold officials accountable, track the fulfillment of economic promises, and educate the global public on how the costs of America's bullying foreign policies are ultimately borne by ordinary people worldwide.
Concluding his remarks, Najafi Arab announced that the Tehran Chamber of Commerce will introduce special awards to recognize and support media outlets that effectively champion the cause of economic deregulation and expose the failures of state-mandated pricing.
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