Deputy of Strategy and Market Development of the Organization of Regulatory and Radio Communications says a major part of the excavations related to the national optical fiber project has been done and by the end of the year, eight million Iranian households to be provided with.

Intellinews - Irans information and communications technology (ICT) minister has announced a new internet protocol television (IPTV) project to get 5mn Iranian households connected to internet television and video-on-demand services, according to ISNA. The flagship plan comes as part of a package of measures aimed at increasing Iranian usage of ...

Financial Tribune - Using the International Labor Organizations Social Protection Floors Calculator, the Social Welfare Department of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has estimated the costs of public works programs for those without jobs, disability and old-age pensions. According to the ministrys Iranian Welfare Database,...

Press TV - Iranian government has provided 17 million families in the country with cash handouts as part of measures to ease the economic impacts of the new coronavirus pandemic. Tthe Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said that nearly 16.5 million households had received the 10-million-rial ($62.5) payment as of Thursday evening local time. It said ...

Financial Tribune - Iranian households spending on cosmetics increased in the last Iranian year {ended March 20, 2019] compared with the year before, but consumption shows a decline due to inflation, the Persian economic daily Donya-e-Eqtesad reported, citing the Statistical Center of Iran's data. In the fiscal 2017-18, Iranian households spent ...

Financial Tribune - Iranian households living in urban areas spent an average of 393,227,000 rials ($3,389) in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19), 19.3% more than in the preceding year, the latest report by the Statistical Center of Iran shows. Food and tobacco (94,505,000 rials or $814) accounted for 24% of total expenditures, whereas expenditure ...

Financial Tribune - In terms of deciles, each family in the tenth (highest) decile on average gets 210 million rials ($1,400) in hidden subsidies while the amount for the first decile (lowest) is 30 million rials, a gross injustice in wealth distribution The policy of granting costly subsidies to help improve the quality of life of the people have ...

Financial Tribune - The Statistical Center of Iran has released its latest report on inflation for each of the 10 deciles in which Iranian households are categorized on the basis of their income. According to the report, the average goods and services Consumer Price Index in the 12-month period ending July 22, which marks the end of the Iranian ...