Outgoing administration’s experience proved trust in West misplaced: Qyat. Khamenei
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that one key lesson for future administrations to learn from the…
Tag Archives: Rouhani Administration
Iran president says opposes parliament bill on sanctions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his administration is opposed to an action plan against sanctions that is under discussion at the Parliament,…
President: Admin pushing for economic boom in Iran
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted his administration’s efforts to deal with the economic consequences of the US sanctions and the…
Leader receives president, his cabinet on Natl. Govt. Week
MNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is meeting with President Hassan Rouhani and his cabinet members via…
Gov’t levies tax on buyers of gold coins
Financial Tribune – The Iranian National Tax Administration announced tax brackets on buyers of gold coins in the last fiscal year (March…
Photos: Industry minister nominee fails to win Iran Parliament’s confidence vote
ISNA | Erfan Khoshkhoo: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s pick for the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade failed to garner the minimum…
Any China-Iran deal will be mostly about business
Bloomberg | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: Last week, an 18-page document began circulating on Iranian social media that was purportedly a draft of negotiation…
Parliament speaker opens new conservative era in Iranian politics
Al-Monitor | Shervin Ghaffari: Parliament Speaker Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf starts his new job at a time when Iran faces great challenges,…
Iran’s debt-ridden international broadcasters face closure
Al-Monitor – Iran’s state-funded international TV channels, including Press TV, could soon be taken off the air due to accumulated debt amid…
Iran sees new surge in virus cases after reopening country
The New York Times | Farnaz Fassihi: Health experts say the government did not heed the warnings about easing restrictions too soon.…
Rouhani aide attacks watchdog saying no money disappeared from Iran’s budget
Radio Farda – President Hassan Rouhani’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi has joined voices with other members of the cabinet to slam…
Other countries ponder when to reopen. Iran is already doing it.
The Washington Post | Jason Rezaian: Many leaders around the world are itching to resume normal life after the devastating economic effects…
Rouhani introduces new agriculture min. to Parliament
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani introduced Kazem Khavazi, the deputy of Iran’s previous agriculture minister and head of Agricultural Research Education…
MPs to debate next year’s budget bill as of Monday
MNA – Members of the Iranian’s Parliament will commence debate over the government’s proposed budget bill for the next Iranian fiscal year…
Budget plan reveals Iran’s shifting priorities in foreign policy
Al-Monitor | Heidarali Masoudi: Iran’s parliament is studying a proposed budget for the next fiscal year amid an extremely tight economy suffering…
Gov’t can borrow €3.4b from NDFI
Financial Tribune – The government can withdraw €3.4 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran in the next fiscal year (starts…
MP says Rouhani administration’s view towards West a ‘strategic mistake’
MNA – Criticizing Rouhani administration’s policies, Spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee Hossein Naghavi Hosseini said that problems in the…
Cleric blames Rouhani administration for abruptly raising gas price
FNA – Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani censured the government of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for not…
In wake of internet shutdown, Iran’s programmers face uncertain future
Bourse and Bazaar | Khosro Kalbasi: About twenty years ago, when Milad Nouri first told his parents and university instructors that he…
Iran to give an extra 2 billion euros to military from reserve fund
Radio Farda – President Hassan Rouhani’s administration announced Tuesday that two billion euros ($2.22 billion) will be taken from Iran’s National Development…
Rise in Iranian departure tax next year
Financial Tribune – The Iranian government has set next year’s departure tax at 2.64 million rials ($20) for travelers who take their…
Parl. has impeachment of 3 ministers on agenda
MNA – The spokesman of the Iranian Parliament’s presiding board announced on Sunday that impeachment of the ministers of oil, education and…
Iran Gov’t toughens eligibility for livelihood assistance program
Financial Tribune – After having paid $194.37 million to about 17.7 million households (60 million people) in the first round of the…
Iran lawmakers move to impeach three of Rouhani’s ministers
Al-Monitor – Days could be numbered for President Hassan Rouhani’s ministers of oil, interior and education as he faces one tough challenge…
One killed in clashes in Iran over fuel price hike: media
Reuters – One person was killed in the Iranian city of Sirjan during protests that erupted after President Hassan Rouhani’s government imposed…
Cutting cash subsidies to affect 24 million Iranians before end of March
Radio Farda – The Iranian government is continuing to cut off cash subsidies as the economic crunch resulting from U.S. sanctions become…
Angry protests, empty seats overshadow Rouhani speech
Al-Monitor – “Universities should be a venue for dialogue. As student representatives, we are walking out of this venue in protest,” a…
Pres. Rouhani describes reducing employment rate as key issue for country
MNA – President Rouhani said in a cabinet session on Sunday that employment is a very important issue for the country and…
Rouhani Admin to decide on petrol price: Zangeneh
SHANA — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said: “I have no information regarding an increase in the price of petrol and…
Iran’s Rouhani urges Iranians to ‘put all your curses’ on US
AP — Iran’s president on Monday urged Iranians to put a curse on the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia, reiterating his…
Confronting failure, Iran government mulls new currency policy
Bourse and Bazaar | Maziar Motamedi: Despite mounting evidence that the Iranian government’s policy of allocating subsidized foreign currency for the importation…
Oil, gas key in development of all sectors: MP
SHANA — Spokesperson of the Iranian parliament’s energy committee said oil and gas were key in the development of all industrial sectors…
Gov’t rejects, later consents to wage hike
Financial Tribune – As per the amendment, apart from the fixed annual pay raise, the government is also allowed to increase wages…
Iran Parliament binds Rouhani Govt. to raise employee salaries
Asharq Al-Awsat – Iran’s parliament Speaker Ali Larijani dismissed Sunday the government’s announcement that it would be unable to carry out a…
Iran’s foreign minister Zarif announces resignation
Daily Sabah – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stepped down on Monday, announcing his resignation on Instagram. “I am apologising you…
Iran’s consumer inflation at 42.3% YOY
Financial Tribune – The average CPI in the 12-month period ending Feb. 19 increased by 23.5% compared with last year’s corresponding period…
Why Iran must shake up its approach to state-owned enterprise
Al-Monitor | Navid Kalhor: A year ago, President Hassan Rouhani’s budget proposal for the next Iranian year (beginning March 21) sparked a…
Currency reconversion not a turning point in economic reformation
MNA | Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh: One of Iran’s main economic policies, under the framework of the sixth five-year development plan, is modification of…
Protests will continue to haunt Rouhani’s government, says Iranian economist
Iranian Diplomacy – A Tehran-based professor of economics believes: “The protests of December-January 2017 were the result of the government’s wrong policies…
Health minister resigns
FNA – Iranian Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi bid farewell to his colleagues at a weekly meeting with his deputies on…