Retirees Come Out To Protest Meager Pensions In Iran
Radiofarda - Thousands of Iranian retirees assembled outside the Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) on Tuesday, October 16 in Tehran…
Economy
Beyond Poverty, Iranians On The Verge Of Absolute Famine
Iran-HRM - With over 150,000 million barrels of proven oil reserves, Iran owns the third or fourth largest oil reserve (based on…
Rouhani touts meeting with top economists on containing crisis
Al-Monitor - In a closed three-hour meeting with 40 Iranian economists on Oct. 15, President Hassan Rouhani insisted that the country's economy is not…
High Prices Helping Iran Make Up For Loss Of Half Of Oil Exports, VP Says
Radiofarda - Iran has lost some customers for its oil because of looming U.S. sanctions, but high prices are making…
Iran’s New Breed Of Charities On Poverty Frontline
Radiofarda - At an outreach center in southern Tehran, teenagers are learning to be journalists, while upstairs their mothers are…
Is The Government Boosting The Dollar In Iran To Make Money?
Radiofarda - One of the hypotheses about the reasons behind the unusual rise in the rate of exchange for the…
Sanctions Heavily Impact Iranian Air Travel Cost And Airlines
Radiofarda - While the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran is deepening week by week, the Islamic Republic's official news…
Rock-Bottom Fuel Prices Lead To Increased Smuggling
Radiofarda - More than one billion liters (roughly 265,000 gallons) of gasoline have been smuggled out of Iran in the…
Analysis: How the Tehran Stock Exchange rally could benefit the Iranian economy
Al-Monitor - The Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) has hit astonishingly new highs in past months, netting a return of above 15% in the…
Tomato Squeeze: US Sanctions Begin To Distort Iran’s Economy
Radiofarda - Tomato paste is not the most obvious economic indicator, but in Iran, where it is a staple that…