EghtesadOnline: What should the underperformance of Iran’s manufacturing sector be attributed to—macroeconomic policies or the businesses themselves? Perhaps both are to blame.

EghtesadOnline: The government has allocated 300 trillion rials ($8 billion) in the current fiscal year (March 2017-18) to spur growth in Iran’s manufacturing sector, Industries, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said.