Citing World Bank figures on a huge GDP fall 2017-20, Gholam-Hossein Shafei has said the government needs to revise policies to stimulate competition and encourage investment.
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Iran has substantially increased the volume of its clandestine oil exports in 2021, without making much profit, as midllemen who seel the oil and import goods take hefty profits.
03 Sep 2021
An Iranian economist and politician has argued that Tehran has important shared economic interests with Afghanistan and with the Taliban, who he says have changed.
17 Aug 2021
High inflation, ranging from 50-60 percent in Iran has impoverished all wage earners who present a danger to the Islamic Republic system. Lifting US sanctions is the only option for Tehran.
08 Aug 2021
Two well-known economists in Iran have said that President-elect Ebrahim Raisi's administration needs to deal with US sanctions and have a well-defined economic policy.
25 Jul 2021
Politicians and pundits in Iran are anxiously waiting to see the make up of the new president's cabinet, which they say will face an uphill battle on fixing the economy.
25 Jul 2021
As Iran's nuclear talks in Vienna have stalled, Tehran is losing time in lifting US sanctions, which is key to reduce dangerously high inflation, especially amid angry protests.
21 Jul 2021
Millions of tons of "essential goods" are stuck on cargo ships and in ports in Iran as importers are unable to get dollars from the government to pay foreign vendors.
13 Jul 2021
Most of the crises surfacing in Iran recently existed well before US imposed sanctions and they are rooted in lack of democracy and accountability.
11 Jul 2021
Iran says its non-oil exports grew by 69 percent in the quarter from March 21 to June 20 to $10.7 billion, but this figure is not what it seems to be at the first glance.
26 Jun 2021