Iran Economic Growth

With international sanctions on Iran being lifted, the country boasts one of the most advanced and diversified economies in the Middle East and North Africa region, a leading online…

The International Monetary Fund has forecasted bright prospects for Iranian economy for 2016-17, as economic sanctions against the country are expected to be lifted.

Iran’s economy is likely to grow around 1% this year, thanks to government plans to stimulate the economy, the removal of sanctions and normalized relations with the global community, head of…

Iran’s economic output grew 1% in the first half of the current fiscal year (started March 21), preliminary data released on Monday by the Statistical Center of Iran showed, as growth in…

Iran experienced positive economic growth in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (March 21-June 21), said the head of Statistical Center of Iran, Adel Azar, without providing a specific…

In light of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the six world powers (aka the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), Iranians obviously have high expectations from the deal.  The hope for…

Amid mounting hopes for economic prosperity following the removal of sanctions as part of the July 14 nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers, policymakers, economists and industrialists…

The economic growth for the industries, mining and trade sectors is set to reach 6% in the current Iranian year (started March 21), says the deputy industries minister for planning. Hossein…

In response to the World Bank’s prediction that economic growth in Iran can top 8% over two years once sanctions are lifted, two Iranian economists have discussed the feasibility of the figure in…

Studies show that the factors behind economic growth during the past Iranian year (ended March 20) have either diminished or their mechanisms have reversed in the opposite direction this year.…

Head of Management and Planning Organization, Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht, says the government needs 10.63 trillion rials ($361 billion at official exchange rate) to achieve the 8% annual economic…

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei announced the general policies of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2016-2021) in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday…

The latest report released by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) estimates economic growth of 2.8 percent, including the oil sector, and 2.5 percent, excluding the oil sector,  during the third…

Iran's economy grew by 3.6% in the first nine months of the current year (ending March 20) compared with the similar period last year, according to the latest statistics released by the Central…

An economist has said that the actual economic growth figure for this spring is 8-10 percent lower than that of three years ago, in one of the first reactions to the latest report by the Central…

 President Hassan Rohani has regularly reminded foreign companies of the investment attraction of Iran because of its massive market. Just recently, the government announced major tax breaks…