Iran's budget tackles falling oil prices - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

Dec 10, 2014

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (C) arrives at parliament before presenting the proposed annual budget in Tehran on December 7, 2014. Iran's parliament has adopted a law on December 4, to tax religious foundations and military-linked companies, a first for the Islamic republic that could generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues, media reported. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (C) arrives at parliament before presenting the proposed annual budget in Tehran, Dec. 7, 2014. — ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

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Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

A storekeeper places money in the drawer of the cash register at his shop in Tehran May 4, 2008. With Western banks cutting ties with the Islamic Republic, it is becoming more and more difficult to transfer funds to the country of 70 million people. Tehran's increasing financial isolation is forcing some to bring in money by hand in thick wads of $100 bills on the plane from Dubai, the Gulf's financial centre, or elsewhere. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl (IRAN) - RTX5GRN

Rouhani’s first budget reflects realism, discipline

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

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Investors look at an electronic display board, reflected in a glass partition, at the Tehran stock exchange September 15, 2010. Picture taken September 15, 2010. While U.S. diplomats were busy upping Iran's economic punishment over nuclear activities Washington fears are aimed at making a bomb, Iranian shares, which might have been expected to fall, have, instead,

Iran's new budget to focus on privatization, subsidy reforms

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

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