EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers are studying a proposal by the government and the Central Bank of Iran to slash four zeros off the national currency and switch the national currency from the rial to toman.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers approved the outlines of capital gains tax bill on Wednesday with 132 votes in favor, 60 votes against and eight abstentions.
EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers finally approved the outlines of the fiscal 2021-22 budget revised by the government on Tuesday with 211 votes in favor and 28 against, while six MPs abstained from voting.
EghtesadOnline: A group of Iranian lawmakers paid a visit to the country’s border areas near the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where fighting has broken out between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan since last week.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers underlined the significance of improving economic relations with Japan as the most important aspect of President Hassan Rouhani's possible visit to Tokyo this month.
EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers plan to hold a session on Tuesday to impeach Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati for his "poor" track record and failure to address major problems facing the sector.
EghtesadOnline: In a recent meeting with lawmakers, chief executives of banks expressed their opposition towards implementation of banking sector reforms.
EghtesadOnline: Lawmakers allowed the government on Sunday to withdraw €2.37 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran to be paid in foreign currency for completing national projects in the next fiscal that starts on March 21.
EghtesadOnline: Iranian lawmakers approved the outlines of the next fiscal year's (March 2019-20) budget bill in an open session of the parliament on Saturday.
EghtesadOnline: The European Union's newly-created special purpose vehicle aimed at facilitating legitimate trade with Iran needs time to prove effective in rescuing Iran's troubled economy under harsh American sanctions, Iranian parliamentarians said.