EghtesadOnline: Government Spokesman Mohammad Baqer Nobakht believes it is possible to triple cash subsidies paid to the poor.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s more historically reliable opinion polls indicate President Hassan Rouhani is likely to win his bid for re-election on Friday. Yet his conservative challengers have put up a stronger fight than many expected, attacking his government’s economic record and accusing him of failing to improve living standards for the poor.

EghtesadOnline: Thirty percent of revenues earned by companies affiliated to the Islamic Revolution Mostazafan Foundation are allocated to poverty alleviation programs.