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Rial Redenomination Undecided

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers are studying a proposal by the government and the Central Bank of Iran to slash four zeros off the national currency and switch the national currency from the rial to toman.
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Publish Date:13/July/2021 | 24:29

MPs Finally Approve Outline of Fiscal 2021-22 Budget Bill

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers finally approved the outlines of the fiscal 2021-22 budget revised by the government on Tuesday with 211 votes in favor and 28 against, while six MPs abstained from voting.
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Publish Date:17/February/2021 | 20:01

Majlis Considers Funds for Education Equity

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers discussed a bill about financial and administrative regulations for the Education Ministry and voted to allocate one percent of revenues earned by state-owned banks and firms as well as affiliated for-profit institutions to help promote educational equity, improve teachers’ livelihood, increase spending for education and reimburse teachers' overdue payments.
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Publish Date:24/November/2018 | 13:39

MPs Visit Nagorno-Karabakh Border

EghtesadOnline: A group of Iranian lawmakers paid a visit to the country’s border areas near the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where fighting has broken out between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan since last week.
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Publish Date:06/October/2020 | 20:24

Majlis Plans to Impeach Agriculture Minister on Tuesday

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers plan to hold a session on Tuesday to impeach Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati for his "poor" track record and failure to address major problems facing the sector.
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Publish Date:25/November/2019 | 24:00

Bankers Want to Delay Reforms

EghtesadOnline: In a recent meeting with lawmakers, chief executives of banks expressed their opposition towards implementation of banking sector reforms.
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Publish Date:09/October/2019 | 11:20

€2.3b NDFI Resources for National Projects

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers allowed the government on Sunday to withdraw €2.37 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran to be paid in foreign currency for completing national projects in the next fiscal that starts on March 21.
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Publish Date:25/February/2019 | 11:04

Iran Parliament OKs Budget Bill Outlines

EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers approved the outlines of the next fiscal year's (March 2019-20) budget bill in an open session of the parliament on Saturday.
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Publish Date:17/February/2019 | 24:25

Iranian Lawmakers Adopt Wait-and-See Approach Toward INSTEX

EghtesadOnline: The European Union's newly-created special purpose vehicle aimed at facilitating legitimate trade with Iran needs time to prove effective in rescuing Iran's troubled economy under harsh American sanctions, Iranian parliamentarians said.
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Publish Date:03/February/2019 | 14:29

Majlis Will Not Tax CBI

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers on Monday put on hold a decision to tax the foreign exchange revenues of the Central Bank of Iran after the CBI governor asked them to rethink the move.
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Publish Date:28/January/2019 | 15:02

Iran Parliament Sends CFT Bill to Expediency Council

EghtesadOnline: With lawmakers insisting on their own version of anti-terror finance (known as CFT) bill, the legislation on Sunday was sent to the arbitration Expediency Council for a final decision.
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Publish Date:21/January/2019 | 13:20

Zarif, Lawmakers Discuss FATF Affairs

EghtesadOnline: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a closed session briefed lawmakers Tuesday about the ‘Iran Action Plan’ with the global anti-money laundering body the Financial Action Task Force.
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Publish Date:24/October/2018 | 14:26

Iranian Lawmakers Expected to Approve CFT Bill

EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers will deliver their final view Sunday on a government bill allowing Iran to join the international Convention for Combating Financing of Terrorism, said the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission spokesperson Ali Najafi Khoshroudi.
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Publish Date:30/September/2018 | 05:34

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