Tehran Times - Iran is to kick off new economic transactions with other countries despite the will of the U.S. that wants to cut Irans economic ties with the world, the chairman of Economic Committee of Majlis stated. In an interview conducted by IRNA, Mohammadreza Pour-Ebrahimi referred to the agreements on trade cooperation with Eurasia region ...

IRNA - Chairmen of the Majlis Economic Commission Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi said on Tuesday that promoting trade cooperation is a priority for Iran-China relations. Talking to Iranian reporters in Beijing, Pour-Ebrahimi said that meetings have been held between respective officials of Iran and China to promote economic relations. He added that ...

Financial Tribune - Independence of the Central Bank of Iran lies at the heart of a new set of regulations known as Central Bank Bill, says the head of the Majlis Economic Commission. The bill is part of wider reforms known as the Comprehensive Banking Bill aimed at overhauling the ailing banking system. CBI independence from government is the ...

Financial Tribune - Following the recent decline in foreign currency rates, the price of goods which leaped (thanks to earlier exchange rate rises) over the past several months is expected to fall again, says Mohammad-Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, the chairman of Majlis Economic Affairs Commission. He said the current foreign exchange rate is still far from ...

Tasnim The Iranian Parliaments Economic Commission is drawing up a package of measures to deal with the sanctions the US has imposed on the country after withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a lawmaker said. Speaking to Tasnim, Chairman of the Economic Commission Mohammad Reza Poor Ebrahimi said his commission has held several meetings with ...

Press TV - With a new change to its oil exports pattern, Iran has managed to sell about one million barrels of light oil to international clients over the past 20 days, said Head of Iranian ParliamentEconomic CommissionMohammad-RezaPour-Ebrahimi. The lawmaker added a growing number of foreign clients are expressing their preparedness to purchase ...

MNA The chairman of the Economic Commission in Irans Parliament says that Nov. 4 on which the second batch of US sanctions come into effect will turn into a scandal as the Americans have faced resistance from many countries. Mohammad-RezaPour-Ebrahimi said that 13th day of the Iranian month of Aban (4 November) which marks the anniversary ...

IRNA Claim that Irans crude oil exports will be brought to zero is just like a political and economic ballyhoo, a member of Majlis (Parliament) said on Thursday. Dream of cutting off all exports of Irans crude oil will never come true, Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, Chairman of Majlis Economic Commission, said at a local meeting in this southeastern ...

Financial Tribune - The government's new package to salvage the volatile currency market agrees with the lawmakers' own plans for strengthening the rial, the chairman of Majlis Economic Commission said. Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi also told the parliamentary website ICANA that the government has announced taking the parliament's views into account ...

IFP - A senior Iranian lawmaker says digital currencies are among the major mechanisms which the Islamic Republic can use to evade the US sanctions, and the Parliament will soon discuss the issue. Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, the chairman of the Iranian Parliaments Economic Commission, said digital currencies can serve as an important way ...

Financial Tribune- Iran has so far witnessed a capital flight exceeding $2.5 billion in the form of cryptocurrency purchases, the head of Majlis Economic Commission said. Despite the fact that a minority of the people of our country are customers of virtual currencies and their new markets, more than $2.5 billion have fled the country following ...

MNA President Hassan Rouhani will hold a joint meeting with heads of parliament commissions on Monday to address the countrys economic issues. Secretary of coordinating council of parliament commissions, Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi, said a joint meeting between heads of parliament commissions and President Hassan Rouhani will be held at the Presidential ...

Financial Tribune- Majlis Economic Commission is to hold a top-level multilateral meeting to discuss the fast-growing cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the coming days, the head of the parliamentary commission said. It has been decided to hold a meeting with the officials of the Central Bank of Iran, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance and the ...

IRNA Vice-Chairman of Greece parliament Speaker Anastasios Kurakis here on Thursday called for expansion of all-out ties with Iran. Kurakis made the remarks in a meeting with Mohammad Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, who heads Iranian Parliament's Economic Commission, in Athens. The ways for expansion of economic and trade relations were also discussed during ...

Financial Tribune- Changing Irans official monetary unit from rial to toman would cost a hefty 30 trillion rials ($922.7 million), announced the head of Majlis Economic Commission. Based on early estimates, at least 30 trillion rials must be spent to change the monetary unit and this is a very heavy cost. Therefore, any decision to remove one or ...

The Securities and Exchange High Council has approved the establishment of a currency futures bourse, a council member said Saturday. Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi said the Central Bank of Irans governor, Valiollah Seif, is also in favor of the initiative. He noted, however, that launching the bourse demands unification of foreign exchange rates, the ...

[caption id="attachment_109171" align="alignright" width="168"] A view of Iran's Majlis[/caption] TEHRAN Dec 09 (Shana)--The share of oil in Irans annual budget for the next fiscal year has been slashed by two-thirds, an MP said. [Budget] Dependence on oil revenues has for the first time been reduced to one-third, Mohammad-Reza Pour-Ebrahimi, member ...