EghtesadOnline: Iran's sovereign-wealth fund has approved more than $36 billion in foreign exchange loans since its inception about six years ago until the third quarter of the current fiscal year to Dec. 21.

EghtesadOnline: Majis Research Center–the in-house think tank of lawmakers–has sounded an alarm on the profligate use of the resources of the National Development Fund of Iran, the country's beleaguered sovereign-wealth fund.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's sovereign-wealth fund has approved the investment of 196 trillion rials ($4.6 billion) for water and agriculture ventures in the current fiscal year (started March 21).