EghtesadOnline: The vice governor of Central Bank of Iran expressed doubts about the possibility of fully recovering the banking resources tied up in non-performing loans that amount to billions of dollars, a thorny issue dragging on the troubled banking sector for nearly a decade.

EghtesadOnline: Since a government scheme waived penalties for non-performing loans, a total of 40 trillion rials ($1.06 billion) worth of bad loans have been returned by the people, the deputy head of the Planning and Budget Commission of the parliament announced.