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Iran’s new finance minister says tax-to-GDP ratio should increase by 50%
Aug 30, 2021 00:10Iran’s newly-appointed finance minister says he will seek to implement plans in his four-year term in the government to have the ratio between tax and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by a half.
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President makes first provincial visit with pledge to tackle problems
Aug 27, 2021 07:55President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has paid an unannounced visit to Iran's key province of Khuzestan as his new administration is getting down to brass tacks to improve people's livelihoods.
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New Oil Minister Owji vows to consolidate Iran’s position in OPEC
Aug 26, 2021 11:56Iran’s new Oil Minister Javad Owji says the country would move to regain its position as an influential member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
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President Raeisi vows not to budge on anti-corruption stance
Aug 25, 2021 11:59President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi assures Majlis that he would, under no circumstances, row back the slightest bit from his anti-corruption position.
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Iran resumes Afghan trade as it looks to future under Taliban
Aug 24, 2021 11:38Local Afghan officials have called for an increase in Iranian fuel supplies to Afghanistan where the country's lightning takeover by the Taliban has triggered a spike in gasoline prices.
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President Raeisi: No justification for delayed unfreezing of Iran’s assets in Japan
Aug 22, 2021 08:58President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi has censured Japan for refusing to release Iran’s frozen assets illegally held in the country’s banks, saying there is no justification for the delay by Tokyo in unfreezing Iran’s assets.
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NIOC raises September crude prices for Asian customers
Aug 18, 2021 01:02The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has raised the September official selling prices (OSPs) for crude deliveries to customers in Asia.
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Iran-Afghan trade comes to full halt because of surging violence
Aug 10, 2021 11:26An Iranian businessman says trade with Afghanistan has fully stopped amid rising tensions in the neighboring country.
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Iran central bank foreign assets up by 2.6% in June quarter to $26.4bn
Aug 06, 2021 04:35The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has reported a 2.4% surge in its foreign assets for the first calendar quarter to June 21.
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Iran builds petrochemical compressor after Mitsubishi snub
Aug 03, 2021 09:50Iranian experts have designed and built a compressor which it badly needed in its burgeoning petrochemical industry but could not import because of US sanctions.