Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA - The government is taking steps to ensure that commodity prices will not increase next year (starting March 21, 2015), said Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, vice president for strategic planning and supervision. The Management and Planning Organization (MPO) is tasked with providing manufacturing units with bank guarantees in the coming ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   West cannot bring Iran to knees over N-issue: Leader Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US and its European allies joined hands to bring the Iranian nation to its knees over the nuclear issue, but failed to do so. Zarif: Objective, reaching ...

Tehran, Nov 25, IRNA - Iran is to increase the budget for development projects in the next Iranian year (starting March 21, 2015) by 20 percent compared with the current year, a senior government official said on Monday. Vice President for Planning and Strategic Supervision Mohammad Baqer Nobakht also said the government has allocated $16.6 billion ...

The Iranian government hopes infusion of more funds to Persepolis will help create a board of trustees for the historical site. The government hopes an increase in the budget it allocates to Persepolis will see the historical site have its own board of trustees, the Iranian Student Correspondents Association (ISCA) quoted Vice-President for Planning ...

Tehran, Oct 18, IRNA The Iranian economy had improved from a growth rate of minus 5.8 percent last calendar year to plus 4.6 percent this year. Following the disclosure of the figure by the government many criticisms were voiced by members of parliament and economic activists with some calling the figure 'fictional.' However, Vice-President for ...