Economy

Radiofarda – The ambitious housing project championed by former hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become a “headache” for the incumbent, Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet.

Al-Monitor – One of the most controversial topics as Iranian officials continue to grapple with the re-imposition of US sanctions has been a bill addressing money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In June, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the world’s financial watchdog, extended the deadline to October for Iran to pass and implement legislation against money laundering and combat terror funding. President Hassan Rouhani’s administration …

RFL/RE – The times they are a changin’. But in Iran, families with infants are struggling to do the same.

RFL/RE -The head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization, Vice-President Mohammad Baqer Nobakht says his organization will introduce five economic packages to tackle the impact of renewed US sanctions and to control drastic fluctuations of the exchange rate.

Radiofarda – Tehran’s representative to the Iranian Parliament says that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenie has approved ratification of the bills related to money laundering.

Radiofarda – The trade turnover between Iran and the United States rose 600 percent year-on-year in July, a month before the implementation of the first round of Washington’s sanctions on Tehran, targeting mostly the industrial and financial sectors.

bourseandbazaar – In recent months, longstanding social issues Iran have taken a back seat to major economic challenges such as a sliding national currency, rampant corruption, and the return of sanctions. But social inequality has an economic cost too as proven by the gender pay gap and disparity in work opportunities for men and women in Iran.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei instructed the armed forces and security institutions in January to divest from economic activities non-related to their core missions.

Radiofarda – A study conducted by the Research Center of the Iranian Parliament says that the current unemployment figures in Iran are alarming.

Radiofarda – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will continue exporting crude oil despite U.S. efforts to stop it through sanctions.