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Larijani Visits Allied States to Reinforce Ties

EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani reiterated Iran’s policy to support war-stricken Syria and said the close cooperation between the two countries is deep-rooted and not “a tactical matter”.
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Publish Date:19/February/2020 | 05:06

Larijani to Attend APA Meeting in Turkey

EghtesadOnline: Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani is to attend the 12th plenary meeting of the Asian Parliament ary Assembly hosted by Turkey on Saturday.
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Publish Date:14/December/2019 | 13:10

Rouhani Submits Budget Bill

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani submitted the budget bill for the upcoming Iranian year (March 2020-21) to the parliament on Sunday which, he said, is indicative of the country’s tenacity and resistance in the face of US sanctions.
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Publish Date:09/December/2019 | 10:58

MRC Criticizes Piecemeal Measures to Tackle Inflation

EghtesadOnline: In an analytical report appraising measures taken to curb inflation, the Majlis Research Center says the government has resorted largely to temporary and micro measures to curb inflation and control liquidity but in doing so has failed to address macro variables.
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Publish Date:09/December/2019 | 10:53

Iran's Next Budget Bill Scrutinized

EghtesadOnline: With the due date for the government's submission of next fiscal year’s (March 2020-21) budget bill to parliament just around the corner—the Plan and Budget Organization of Iran is scheduled to submit it to Majlis on December 8—reports and speculations are rife on how the bill will play out.
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Publish Date:04/December/2019 | 08:26

Larijani stresses developing Iran-Georgia ties

EghtesadOnline: Iran and Georgia can use their capacities to develop relations, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Ali Larijani said in a meeting with members of Georgia-Iran Parliament ary Friendship Group.
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Publish Date:18/November/2019 | 24:51

GC Rejects Bill on Forming Commerce Ministry

EghtesadOnline: The Guardians Council–a watchdog body that ensures laws are in line with the Iranian Constitution and the Islamic law–has found the parliament-approved bill on establishing a Commerce Ministry to be against articles 85 and 133 of the Iranian Constitution and sent it back to Majlis for reconsideration, Abbasali Kadkhodaei, the council’s spokesman, was quoted as saying by Otaghiranonline.ir.
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Publish Date:16/October/2019 | 11:21

Parliament Censured Over Rush to Rewrite Iran's Trade Law

EghtesadOnline: Economic analysts and businesspeople have time and again called for reforming Iran’s decades-old Trade Law. However, they also strongly disapprove of legislators’ ongoing rush to pass the new reform bill.
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Publish Date:16/September/2019 | 11:20

Parliament Confirms Education, Cultural Heritage Ministers

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers on Tuesday approved President Hassan Rouhani's nominees to take the helms of Education Ministry and the newly-established Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism.
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Publish Date:04/September/2019 | 10:47

2 Ministerial Nominees to Seek Vote of Confidence Next Week

EghtesadOnline: The new ministers nominated by President Hassan Rouhani to take the helm of the ministries of education and cultural heritage will defend their track record in a parliamentary session next week for a vote of confidence, according to a lawmaker.
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Publish Date:28/August/2019 | 10:49

Think Tank Explores Poverty Trap in Iran

EghtesadOnline: In its latest report, Majlis Research Center, the influential research arm of the Iranian Parliament , has singled out a set of potential deterrents to poverty reduction in Iran’s economy.
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Publish Date:27/August/2019 | 10:19

Majlis Terminates Compound Interest

EghtesadOnline: Parliament voted for a bill on Tuesday based on which compound interest on bank loans that matured by the end of last fiscal year (March 20, 2019) would be eliminated and debtors given until mid-February 2020 to repay their dues.
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Publish Date:27/July/2019 | 24:31

Iran's Investment Climate Less Secure Last Autumn

EghtesadOnline: Results of a study by the Majlis Research Center, the research arm of the parliament, indicate a decline in the security climate for investment and business last autumn (Sept-Dec 2018) compared to the summer of that year.
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Publish Date:21/July/2019 | 10:00

Iran Parliament 's Think Tank Has Misgivings About Scrapping USD

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Research Center says a parliamentary bill wanting to scrap the US currency from Iran’s overseas transactions would further add to the already detrimental effects of US sanctions targeting Iran’s economy.
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Publish Date:30/June/2019 | 11:32

Majlis Plans Probe Into Forex Subsidies

EghtesadOnline: The parliament plans to investigate the foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Iran during the last fiscal year that ended in March, says head of the Majlis Economic Commission.
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Publish Date:01/June/2019 | 10:25