EghtesadOnline: Since the beginning of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2017), the government has taken a few measures, including the “Comprehensive Employment Scheme”, to promote entrepreneurship projects in small cities and rural areas through the allocation of cheap loans from banks’ resources, an official with the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare announced.

EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Parliament, apparently heeding the warnings of its research arm, on Sunday approved a measure requiring the Management and Planning Organization to establish a comprehensive online system to supervise a recent loan scheme by the country's sovereign wealth fund.