Iran eyes tech cooperation with China amid US sanctions
2019-11-16 09:00:56 source：Global Times
November 15, 2019
Amid US sanctions, Iran is trying to boost its technology sector instead of oil, and looking for more cooperation with China, Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sourena Sattari told the Global Times in an exclusive interview in Beijing on Thursday.
Since US President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew Washington from a nuclear deal with Iran and five other countries, and imposed new sanctions on Iran, relations between the US and Iran have dropped to a record low, and Iran is facing an economic downturn.
But Sattari told the Global Times, "The sanctions are not new, the US has been sanctioning us for 40 years," and Iran has been shifting its main economic driver from oil to technology, and he is confident that Iran has enough talent to boost its development.
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