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Commission Approves Fiscal 2022-23 Budget Bill Outlines

EghtesadOnline: The Joint Commission of the Iranian Parliament has passed the outlines of the upcoming fiscal year’s budget bill, giving its approval in principle to figures provided by the government of President Ebrahim Raisi.
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Publish Date:08/January/2022 | 14:35

Commission Drafts Bill to Cut Production Tax by 5%

EghtesadOnline: Majlis Joint Commission, a parliamentary body responsible for reviewing the budget bill as well as the five-year economic development plans, has put forth a bill that would reduce tax on production from 25% to 20%.
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Publish Date:18/January/2021 | 15:38

Bankers Prefer CBI Fix Banking Reforms

EghtesadOnline: Bankers prefer the Central Bank of Iran take charge of a long-awaited plan for reforming the outdated banking sector. The call was made in a recent letter to Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani following ratification of the “Comprehensive Islamic Banking Bill ” earlier this month.
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Publish Date:30/December/2019 | 24:48

Moves to Improve Transparency of Election Campaign Finance

EghtesadOnline: The parliament approved the general outlines of a bill that aims to increase transparency in election campaign financing ahead of the 11th round of Majlis elections due to be held on Feb. 21, 2020.
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Publish Date:28/December/2019 | 13:00

Future of Motorcycle Scrappage Bill Unclear

EghtesadOnline: The Department of Environment said a bill calling for scrappage of dilapidated motorcycles has been shelved by the government.
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Publish Date:26/February/2019 | 24:16

Law Replaces Rial With Toman

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis passed a bill Monday to change the monetary unit from rail to the popularly used ‘toman’.
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Publish Date:05/May/2020 | 05:27

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

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 Expediency Council Again Delays Vote on Palermo Bill

EghtesadOnline: The constitutional arbiter Expediency Council again was unable to reach a decision on a bill that endorses Iran's accession to the UN Convention on Transnational Crime, commonly known as the Palermo bill.
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Publish Date:03/March/2019 | 11:46

Palermo Bill Deferred Again

EghtesadOnline: The Expediency Council for the third time Saturday refused to come up with a definite ruling on whether or not it supports Iran's accession to the UN Convention on Transnational Crime, commonly known as the Palermo bill.
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Publish Date:17/February/2019 | 24:27

Palermo Bill Hits a Snag at Iran's Expediency Council

EghtesadOnline: Iran's plans to join the UN Convention on Transnational Crime suffered a setback in the Expediency Council Saturday as members of the arbiter body could not settle their differences and reach a consensus.
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Publish Date:27/January/2019 | 14:33

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's CFT Convention Bill Back in Majlis

EghtesadOnline: The government bill that allows Iran to join the international Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism is back on the Majlis floor after the two-month hiatus had stalled the key legislation relating to Iran's Action Plan with the Financial Action Task Force.
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Publish Date:29/September/2018 | 05:55