Fiscal 2022-23 Budget Finances Sized Up by Economic Expert

The budget bill for the fiscal 2022-23 has been finalized and President Ebrahim Raeisi has talked of submitting it to the Iranian Parliament this week. 
Government officials, particularly Masoud Mir-Kazemi, the head of Plan and Budget Organization, have stressed that next year’s budget has been drafted without a deficit, the Persian daily Arman-e Melli reported. 
The government has focused on income from taxation and sales of public assets to finance a significant part of the budget, while it has also counted on revenues from the sale of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day at the price of $60 per barrel. 
A translation of the report follows: