Bourse and Bazaar | Esfandyar Batmanghelidj: For the first time in 60 years, Iran has requested a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), seeking emergency financing to support its efforts to combat COVID-19. On March 4, the IMF announced that it would make available up to $50 billion in financial assistance through its Rapid Financing Instrument ...

Financial Tribune Chronic inflation, which stems from economic imbalances, ruins economic growth, Masoud Nili, a prominent economist and professor of economics at Sharif University of Technology, says. Irans economy has not fared well in terms of long-run growth, which is a sustained rise in the quantity of goods and services it produces. Chronic ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The comments of the judiciary spokesman in a news conference about a range of issues including the ban on media coverage of news related to the former reformist president ...

TEHRAN May 31(Shana)--A presidential advisor has said that development of South Pars gas field would push Irans economy out of stagnation. Activation of production units like South Pars would raise the countrys economic balance, Masoud Nili said. He said the government should focus on activating South Pars in order to compensate for its oil revenue ...

Tehran, Jan 5, IRNA Presidential advisor in economic affairs said economic stability, presence of effective financial sector and sustainable foreign relations are highly effective in increasing productivity and growth of Irans national economy. Speaking at a gathering on the sidelines of the first Conference on Economy, Masoud Nili said undoubtedly ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Many Iranian dailies on Wednesday led on the comments of Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in parliament that Iran seeks all sanctions to be lifted at the same time....

TEHRAN Dec 22 (Shana)--The Management and Planning Organization (MPO) is poised to start work in the coming days, a presidential advisor said. Masoud Nili said the body will start work as soon as it receives the approval of President Hassan Rouhani. MPO was reestablished on an order by President Rouhani, seven years after the dissolution of the strategic ...

With no sign of progress towards a comprehensive nuclear agreement by a November 24 deadline, Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has put out a defiant statement challenging US-led sanctions and promising Tehrans continued nuclear development: The measures that the US and Europe have so far taken to stop Irans activities have had no result ...

Iranian newspapers on October 1sthailed the strong showing of Iranian athletes in the Asian Games which makes the likelihood of Iran claiming the fourth spot in the overall standings of the event all the more stronger. Remarks by President Hassan Rouhani that Blind sanctions should be removed were at the center of another story which dominated the ...