Hassan Rouhani - page 16

EghtesadOnline: Aryan, a 26-year-old with a master’s degree in engineering, showed impeccable timing when he returned home to Tehran from Canada. It was early 2016, and a decade of economic sanctions was drawing to an end, boosting Iran’s economy and kicking off a scramble for the country’s small pool of white-collar professionals. The job offers piled up. “Abroad, you’re a small fish in a big pond,” says Aryan as he unwinds in a garden cafe after a day spent drafting investment strategies for clients of the European consulting firm he works for. (He asked that his last name and the name of his employer be withheld.) “Here, each person can be the first to launch something or become a leader in their field.”

EghtesadOnline: The six candidates in the 12th Iranian presidential election have outlined their programs, with President Hassan Rouhani pledging to put his focus on creating jobs, “not in words but in practice.”

EghtesadOnline: Incumbent Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani , who is running for a second term, has lashed out at the internal critics of the historic nuclear deal signed under his administration between Tehran and the six world powers, saying "some people" are ignorant of the regulations governing election campaigns.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has defended his administration's performance in creating new jobs.

EghtesadOnline: Close to 540 billion rials ($14.3 million) worth of investments have been made in Nowshahr Port in the northern province of Mazandaran since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, the head of Mazandaran Ports and Maritime Organization said.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said as many as 100,000 jobs have been created in cyberspace in recent years.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday officially launched the production line of Peugeot 2008 and the locally designed IKCO Dena+. Peugeot 2008 is the first car to be produced through the joint venture between Iran Khodro and Peugeot — better known as IKAP in 2016.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s misery index has had a 40% improvement since President Hassan Rouhani took office in Aug. 2013, as it went down from 48.8 in 2013 to 29.3 in 2016, according to data released by Cato Institute.

EghtesadOnline: The average salary of teachers has seen an 85% rise since the fiscal March 2013-14–the year Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran’s president, an official with the Ministry of Education said.

EghtesadOnline: Smuggling has had a downtrend since Hassan Rouhani took office as Iran’s president in August 2013.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's self-sufficiency in food production has improved by 24% since the government of President Hassan Rouhani took office, mainly thanks to higher production of wheat and sugar.

EghtesadOnline: About 23% of all foreign direct investments since Hassan Rouhani became president in August 2013 have been made in small- and medium-sized enterprises located in Iranian industrial parks and zones, Deputy Industries, Mining and Trade Minister Ali Yazdani said.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the country is on its development and progress path, and will never quit under any conditions.

EghtesadOnline: Some 8,090 production units were set up in Iran’s industrial parks and zones since Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013.

EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani 's policy regarding the housing sector revolves around moving away from construction in underdeveloped areas as in the Mehr Housing Plan and supporting distressed urban areas, the minister of roads and urban development said.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani clashed over the economy with a leading conservative rival during the first of three televised election debates on Friday, the most heated public exchanges yet of a campaign that will deliver a verdict on four years of engagement with the West.

EghtesadOnline: The area under greenhouse cultivation in Iran has increased by 37.2% since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013 to reach 11,425 hectares, Deputy Agriculture Minister Mohammad Ali Tahmasebi said.

EghtesadOnline: Some $3.5 billion worth of foreign direct investments have been made in Isfahan Province since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013.

EghtesadOnline: Tehran mayor and presidential candidate Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf says Iran needs no more of the same as he lambastes President Hassan Rouhani 's political and economic policies.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated a 600-bed hospital as an organ transplant center in Shiraz on Thursday.