EghtesadOnline: As little as 10% of the national budget, i.e. less than 400 trillion rials ($4.87 billion), are spent on the development of infrastructures and the rest goes to operational expenditures such as paying salaries of workers.

EghtesadOnline: With US sanctions on the oil industry taking a toll on the economy, including the national budget, the government has again pledged to reduce dependency on oil exports to zero and prepare the next budget (March 2020-21) without oil revenues.