Rouhani urges US businesses to invest in Iran

27 January 2016, 1:56 pm

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani invites US businesses to invest in Iran, saying the lifting of European sanctions had opened a new era of “win-win” collaboration.

Rouhani tells reporters in Rome that he and Pope Francis discussed the need for religious leaders to speak out against extremism and terrorism during their audience yesterday. But in an apparent reference to the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, Rouhani says freedom of expression “doesn’t mean offending that which is sacred to other people’s faith.”

“All religions are to be respected, their books and the millions of people who follow the faith,” Rouhani says. Insulting them, he adds. “creates division and doesn’t help anyone.”

— AP