Economy

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.

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.

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).

VOA – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday government mismanagement has hurt Iran’s economy more than U.S. sanctions.

Radiofrada – Iran’s investment finance contracts with European, Japanese and South Korean banks have been suspended, the director of loans at Islamic Republic’s Investment Organization has disclosed.

Al-Arabia – Iran’s judiciary said Sunday that 67 people have been arrested in recent weeks as part of a corruption crackdown approved by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Iran-HRM – Iran’s youth risking all for “better” life in the face of anguish

RFL/RE – Confusion has surfaced over French energy giant Total’s massive South Pars gas project in Iran after the official IRNA news agency reported that China’s state-owned petroleum corporation had been given a majority stake in the field.

Radiofarda – The Iranian currency started the new Iranian week on Saturday with another decline, trading above 10,500 rials to the dollar.

Radiofarda – Next Iranian year [beginning March 21, 2019] will be an “exceptional year” in Iran’s contemporary history, the head of Management and Planning Organization (MPO) and deputy President of the Islamic Republic has predicted.