Quality, Labor Vitality Key to Promoting Local Goods

Promotion of domestically manufactured products is not possible without improving their quality and injecting vitality into the entire production chain through greater support for industrial workers and employers, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday. 
"If we want people to consume Iranian products and want them to be a source of pride for all of us, the first prerequisite is a spirit of vitality and hope among workers and in the workplace," the president told a ceremony held in Tehran to commemorate workers ahead of Labor Day, which falls on Tuesday, his official website reported. 
In a bid to help make the economy more self-sufficient and insulate it from sanctions and hostile foreign activity, Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called the new Iranian year, which began on March 21, the year of "Support for Iranian Products". 
In his speech, Rouhani said another important factor is the quality of domestic goods as setting and maintaining high standards is the best way to ensure "sustained" support for local products and industries, which play a significant role in easing the economic woes facing the country.