Tehran, Iran, has made it no secret that it plans to invest heavily in artificial intelligence to help better its military capabilities, but Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is now turning to Iran’s private sector in a move he thinks will boost his crippling economy. On Sunday, Raisi met with private sector companies to announce Tehran’s intent to invest in digital businesses.
Investing in technology to increase marketplaces…seems to be a natural place that Iran would want to place its investments, because it can help Iran get around sanctions,' he said. 'It can also help knit the Iranian economy into the Chinese economy, Russia and all those countries that Iran is basically trying boost ties with.' Both experts cautioned that Tehran, which already stands as a chief security concern to the U.S.