VOA – A municipal leader in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has issued a stark warning about Iran’s economic problems, saying a “tsunami” of poverty is bearing down on society.
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Iran Minister Shocked By $250 Billion Of Import Requests
Radiofarda – Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines and Business says, fluctuations in the local forex market in the past four months have tripled the number of applications for import licenses worth $250 billion dollar.
Read More »U.S. Is Trying To Make Iran ‘Surrender’ Through Sanctions -Iran VP
Radiofarda – The United States is trying to make Iran surrender through the imposition of sanctions, Iranian vice president Eshaq Jahangiri said on Wednesday.
Read More »Economic Crisis In Iran Leading To Job Cuts And Inflation
Radiofarda – Iranian Auto parts manufacturers says 450 thousand workers in this industry are likely to lose their jobs as a result of Iran’s foreign currency crisis. At the same time, Iranian media report that rising prices of foodstuff and cost of housing on a daily basis make life harder for most Iranians.
Read More »Tourism Projects Worth $10B Underway In Iran
PayvandNews – Some 1,884 tourism projects valued at 430 trillion rials (nearly $10.2 billion) are underway in Iran, tourism chief Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Sunday. Projects including construction of hotels and eco-lodges as well as projects aiming at attracting tourists are already underway and herald good days for tourism industry of the country, CHTN quoted Mounesan as saying.
Read More »As Currency Drops Iran Faces Shortages Of Medications
Radiofarda – Iran’s health ministry spokesman has admitted that the country is currently suffering from shortages of foreign-made medications, but, insisted that “it can be overcome”.
Read More »Iran Offers Oil Discounts To Keep Asian Customers
Radiofarda – An official at the state-run National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has told state-run news agency, IRNA, that the company was reducing its prices for September sales to Asia to their lowest level in 14 years, compared with Saudi crude.
Read More »Iran’s Guardians Council Approves Anti-Money-Laundering Measures
PayvandNews – A top Iranian constitutional body has approved measures passed by parliament to bring the country more into line with international anti-money-laundering norms.
Read More »Khamenei Blames Rouhani For Economic Crisis, Forbids Negotiating With U.S.
Radiofarda – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has blamed the Islamic Republic’s ongoing economic crisis on the Rouhani administration, and has forbidden negotiating with the United States, during a speech in Tehran on Monday August 13.
Read More »50 Percent Of The Iran’s Population Lives In Absolute Poverty
Iran-HRM – A member of Iranian Parliment says 50 percent of the country’s population live in absolute poverty, and the poverty line has reached close to 6 million tomans (about 1.370 dollars).
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