Tehran, Feb 9, IRNA Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyebnia said Monday that the final decision on whether the subsidies of high-income Iranians have to be cut off or not has not been made yet and that the government and the parliament are mulling over the issue. Teyyebnia made the remarks while speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of ...

TEHRAN Mar 03 (Shana): Incorrect implementation of targeting subsidies law was the main reason behind rising energy consumption in the country, Minister of Energy Hamid Reza Chitchiansaid. Addressing the 3rd international conference on new approaches towards energy conservation held in Tehran University on Sunday, Minister of Energy said economic ...

TEHRAN The Iranian government has started handing out food packages for millions of its citizens both to help those with low income and to try to lower inflation on food, local news media reported on Monday. Across the capital, Tehran, and in the rest of the country, long lines of people waited in government-owned department stores, where the food ...

Iran will stop paying monthly cash handouts to citizens who dont need the aid, Shargh reported today, citing a member of parliament. The change will be implemented in the new Iranian year staring March 21 and will appear in the budget draft that President Hassan Rohanis government plans to submit by Dec. 21, said Ali Mohammad Ahmadi, a member of the ...

Iran's new government will continue to try to pay the subsidies to the people, President Hassan Rouhani told journalists. Rouhani underscored that definitely the economic issues are among the priorities of the new government, noting the reasons being the people who are facing problems and the demands. "Government has an economic team that has held ...