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Iran Parliament Commission Okays Outlines of Budget Bill

EghtesadOnline: The parliamentary body responsible for reviewing the budget bill, Majlis Joint Commission, approved the outlines of the government-proposed budget for the next Iranian year (March 2019-20) on Sunday.
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Publish Date:14/January/2019 | 24:46

Iran Parliament ’s Think Tank: Forex Subsidy Policy Impractical

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Research Center, the parliament’s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill.
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Publish Date:02/January/2019 | 13:32

Iran Parliament 's Think Tank Forecasts Lower Crude Prices

EghtesadOnline: Forecasting the future of the oil market is crucial, especially for countries where oil export is the lifeblood of the economy and budgets are constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed depending on crude price and production.
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Publish Date:30/December/2018 | 11:11

Rouhani to Submit Budget Bill to Parliament Today

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani is scheduled to submit the budget bill for the next fiscal (March 2019-20) to the Iranian Parliament on Tuesday.
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Publish Date:25/December/2018 | 10:47

Fitch: Bank Reform Bills Carry Clout

EghtesadOnline: Fitch Ratings, the international ratings agency, has said in a report that Iran's banking supervisory authority will benefit from two bills sent by President Hassan Rouhani to parliament to push banking reforms.
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Publish Date:01/January/2019 | 13:04

Iran's Guardian Council Sends CFT Bill Back to Majlis

EghtesadOnline: The Guardian Council – a watchdog that ensures laws are in line with the Constitution and Sharia–has sent back an anti-terror finance bill known as CFT to the Majlis for reconsideration.
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Publish Date:05/November/2018 | 10:40

Iran Parliament Passes Counter-Terror Finance Legislation

EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers on Sunday approved a measure that allows Iran to formally join the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, clearing a major hurdle to improve Iran's status with the global anti-money laundering body, the Financial Action Task Force.
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Publish Date:08/October/2018 | 08:30

Iran Parliament Approves 2 FATF Bills

EghtesdOnline: Lawmakers on Tuesday approved two bills related to the Iran Action Plan with the intergovernmental Financial Action Task Force. The Guardian Council had earlier found faults with the two bills and sent it back to the legislature for reconsideration.
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Publish Date:26/September/2018 | 06:45

Iran Banking Reform Bills in MPs’ Crosshairs

EghtesadOnline: Members of the Iranian Parliament ’s economic commission on Saturday continued reviewing articles of long-awaited reform bills targeting the country’s ailing banking system in addition to its central bank.
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Publish Date:10/September/2018 | 05:36

Ways of Regulating Cryptocurrency

EghtesadOnline: The research arm of Iran’s Parliament has dedicated its latest analytical study to virtual currencies, once again calling for calculated and well-assessed regulations to employ them in the economic cycle of the country.
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Publish Date:04/September/2018 | 04:29

Parliament Finds Karbasian Unfit for Top Economic Job

EghtesadOnline: Parliament voted on Sunday to remove the economy minister ramping up pressure on the embattled president who has come under mounting criticism over his handling of the economy in the face of new US sanctions.
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Publish Date:27/August/2018 | 04:28

Iranian Lawmakers Conclude Review of Central Bank Bill

EghtesadOnline: Members of the economic commission of Iran’s Parliament on Tuesday concluded the review of reform measures concerning the Central Bank of Iran, which is part of wider reforms aimed at overhauling the country’s ailing banking system.
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Publish Date:12/September/2018 | 06:02

Ride-Hailing Firms Face New Challenges in Iran

EghtesadOnline: The widespread clash between ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft on one side and authorities and old-school cabbies around the globe has made its way to Iran, with municipalities across the country calling on the government and Parliament to "regulate" the online services, while ride-hailing firms oppose such interventions arguing that such moves would certainly create a conflict of interests involving authorities.
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Publish Date:15/August/2018 | 07:06