Reuters - Irans cabinet appointed new heads at two of the governments top economic institutions, as the country grapples with a faltering economy and a sliding currency that have provoked public protests. President Hassan Rouhani has come under increasing pressure from hardliners to reshuffle his economic team, and senior government officials had ...

IFP- Irans former minister of economy and finance, Ali Tayyeb-Nia, has been awarded the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Prize, said Singapores Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a letter to Iranian embassy in Singapore. This years Lee Kuan Yew Prize has been given to Tayyeb-Nia for his efforts as an economic figure. Lee Kuan Yew Prize is given to top political ...

IRNA Iran's banking relations with the European countries are underway in euro with no problem, Iran's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Ali Tayyebnia said on Monday. As for Iran's forex exchange in dollar, the minister said there are restrictions to this end but the existing problems are not related to the nuclear sanctions but to the bans ...

Financial Tribune- President Hassan Rouhani is poised to unveil his choices for the new Cabinet in early August. Rumors have it that Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia is not particularly interested in remaining at the helm of the ministry. A flurry of names, from Masoud Nili, the presidents top economic advisor, to Mohammad ...

Financial Tribune- The Economy Ministry has issued a statement through its anti-money laundering division, providing a mixed reaction to the recent verdict of the Financial Action Task Force concerning Iran. Even though we regard the recent FATF decision as a step forward, we announce that this positive measure does not satisfy Iran so we will continue ...

FNA- Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia announced that the country's banks will open branches in Seoul, South Korea. "We are planning to pave the way for the presence of Iranian banks in Seoul," Tayyebnia said upon arrival in Seoul. Tayyebnia has travelled to South Korea to take part at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of ...

IRNA Irans Economy Minister is visiting South Korea to consult expansion of banking relations and line of credit (LOC) between the two countries. After implementation of the landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), a strategic foreign finance committee was formed in Irans ...

MNA Irans Economy Minister Tayebnia said volume of trade turnover between Iran and Austria will climb from the current $400 million to five billion dollars. Ali Tayebnia, at a meeting with Austrian Federal Minister of Finance Hans Jrg Schelling in Tehran, said following my last year visit to the European country, during which constructive talks ...

IRNA Finance Minister Ali Tayyeb-Nia hailed Irans remarkable place in the project to revive modern Silk Road known as One Belt-One Road, saying that Tehran will have active participation in the major project. e end of the two-day Forum on Silk Road International Cooperation in Beijing on Monday, Tayyeb-Nia added that Iran has unique and ideal conditions ...

IRNA - Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayebnia conferred on Monday with Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie on the expansion of economic cooperation and removal of existing barriers between the two countries. Tayebnia is now in Beijing to attend the international conference on Silk Road and was welcomed by his Chinese counterpart. In ...

Press TV- Iran says it is fully on board to help revive Silk Road, an ancient trade route for a thousand years which China plans to expand between Asia, Africa and Europe. Leaders from 29 countries and ministers and top officials from many others will gather in Beijing for a two-day summit starting on Sunday to map out development of the "Belt ...

Financial Tribune- The economy minister in his latest press conference elaborated on the countrys oil income and banking system partly in response to the claims of candidates running for president in the May 19 elections. In the previous fiscal year (ended March 20, 2017), when all the sanctions were removed and we reached the height of our exports,...

Financial Tribune - Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia said the effects of the countrys recent economic rebound will soon be felt more tangibly in the lives of ordinary Iranians, reversing a period of slowdown that weakened purchasing power and stoked unemployment. As Iran was mired in a deep recession following years of international sanctions, recovery ...

IRNA -- Foreign investment in Irans capital market experienced 1328 percent growth and from 870 billion rial in March 2013 reached to 12,530 billion rial in March 2017, Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia said on Saturday. He made the remarks in he tenth edition of Irans Exhibition of Bank, Exchange and Insurance Exhibition (FINEX) started work ...

IRNA The tenth edition of Iran Exhibition of Bank, Exchange and Insurance Exhibition (FINEX) started work here on Saturday. Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Ali Tayyebnia, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif and a number of other financial officials were present in the today Tehran ...

IRNA Finance Minister Ali Tayyebnia said investment memoranda of understanding (MoUs) worth of 50 billion dollars have been signed in the form of finance in the countrys economic projects after JCPOA. JCPOA stands for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action which is the official tite of the nuclear deal reached between Iran and six world major powers ...

Tasnim- Iranian Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia rejected a claim by a member of the parliament that Canada has ordered a freeze on $13 million in assets of Iran. No confiscation of Iranian assets has occurred in Canada, Tayyebnia said in an open session of the parliament on Monday, after an MP criticized the Economy Ministrys inaction on what he ...

IRNA The government has successfully carried out policies of the Economy of Resistance, says Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia. Tayyebnia in a message to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday described the governments achievements in its pursuit of policies of the Economy of Resistance as very significant and promising. The Iranian ...

IRNA l Ehsan Naderipour: Iran economy minister Ali Tayyebnia meets Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister for Investment Affairs Peter Pellegrini in Tehran on Tuesday.    

Bloomberg- France is working on plans to issue direct loans to companies that want to invest in Iran, Finance Minister Michel Sapin said in a press conference in Tehran. We are trying to help these companies, Sapin told reporters at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in Tehran at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart, Ali ...