EghtesadOnline: Iran's state-owned banks have sold excess assets worth 135 trillion rials ($3.21 billion), which included real estate, company shares and other resources, from the beginning of President Hassan Rouhani's first tenure in 2013 until now, the minister of economic affairs and finance said.

EghtesadOnline: Money and Credit Council–a decision-making body–has called on state-owned lenders for the first time to make their financial data publicly available in line with measures to boost transparency.