On every possible occasion the European Union reminded the world that “We remain committed to the full and effective implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran.”

President Hassan Rouhani recently outlined his administration's performance in the first 100 days of his second term in office during a televised interview.

The president showed that the…

Rial has depreciated more than 10% over the last three months against the US dollar and was quoted at 41,360 to the greenback at Tehran's foreign exchange market on Monday.

The International Monetary Fund is optimistic that Iran can unify its dual foreign exchange rates in 2017-18 despite recent challenges facing the country, such as currency market volatility.

The 2015 nuclear deal has constantly seen its fortunes ebb and flow. During the two-year tough negotiations leading to the landmark accord, there were moments when everybody thought a deal is out…

New enemies of the open society are emerging regularly in the developed world.

Recently, two main symbols of the free market, the UK and the US, have seen the respective rise of nationalism…

The latest report of the central bank illustrates that Iran’s growth has rebounded beyond the expectations of many economists.

Although the report mentions that all sectors grew…

The fact that Iran’s economy is facing major challenges is well acknowledged.  Its heavy reliance on oil export revenues and the dominant role of the state in the economy combined with the…

Since 2008, when the upheaval of the financial crisis descended on global markets, the International Monetary fund, among other global institutions, scrambled to help governments avert a more…

Last summer lawmakers in the United States warned the Obama administration that the world "cannot" trust Iran. "No part of this (nuclear) agreement relies on trust. It is all based on thorough and…

Implementation of the nuclear deal with the six world powers, which is a long-term agreement, encourages all parties to ponder that nuclear tension should not expose Iran to unnecessary political…

When President Hassan Rouhani took office in the summer of 2013 economists recommended that Iran  should follow pragmatic policies to produce fiscal and monetary stability while opening its…

Attention is now shifting towards the potentially hot debate in parliament over the 2015-16 budget bill. Observers across the political-economic spectrum are keen to know how the government…

Business cycle is the period of boom and bust in the level of economic activities. Research about Iran’s business cycles over the past three decades conducted by the Central Bank of Iran, shows…

Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, interaction between Iran and the United States has hardly been what we have experienced over the past 12 months. Both sides have been demonstrating their…

Since the Mid-1980s to 2007 major industrial countries went through the period called by economists, the “Great Moderation”. Researchers illustrate that the variability of quarterly growth in GDP…

The central Bank of Iran (CBI) reported this week that the economy expanded 4.6 percent in three months ending June 21 (first quarter of the Iranian year) compared to the same period last year. A…

When President Hassan Rohani took office, he changed Iran’s strategy towards the West. He is of the conviction that no country can progress without constructive cooperation with the rest of the…

Iran is going to have different days. International investors are focusing on Iran’s market and many have visited Tehran to assess and evaluate the emerging economic conditions.