Chairman of Iran's Expediency Council (EC) Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani underlined the country's rich natural resources and talented manpower, and called on relevant officials to do their best to pave the way for the country to gain self-sufficiency in all the various spheres.

In a message to a public festival on Resistance Economy here on Sunday, Hashemi Rafsanjani underscored that Iran's rich natural resources and skillful manpower will make it possible for the country to achieve self-sufficiency by relying on Resistance Economy.

In mid-April, Iranian Vice-President for Planning and Strategic Supervision Mohammad Baqer Nobakht Haqiqi underlined that the country will see better economic conditions and come out of the state of recession after two years.

"After two years that the Iranian economy was in a state of economic recession, it will see better conditions soon," Nobakht said.

He underlined that the economic boom will be materialized with over 400 billion rials and 55 billion dollars.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a message on the occasion of Nowruz on March 21 called the new Iranian year as "The Year of Economy and Culture with National Determination and Jihadi Management".