Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht

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  • Safi Mosque 2021-07-16 22:02

    Mosque in Rasht reopens doors to public following full restoration

    TEHRAN – On Friday, the head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht unveiled the fully-restored Safi Mosque, which is located in Rasht, the capital of Gilan province.

  • nobakht 2021-04-05 15:53

    Development projects worth over $5m inaugurated in southeastern Iran

    TEHRAN – The head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht inaugurated five development projects worth 226.364 billion rials (about $5.38 million) in person and through video conference on Monday in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province.

  • Magnificent Taq Kasra to be restored by Iranian budget, expertise 2021-01-12 21:32

    Magnificent Taq Kasra to be restored by Iranian budget, expertise

    TEHRAN – Iran is set to conduct an urgent restoration project on Taq Kasra, a Sassanid-era Persian masterpiece of architecture, which was collapsed partly in modern Iraq earlier this month.

  • nobakht 2020-12-05 14:52

    Over $7.3b saved in 8 months from current year’s budget expenditures

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said the government has managed to save 310 trillion rials (about $7.38 billion) during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-November 20) by reducing the expenditures set in this year’s national budget law.

  • Swiss ambassedor 2020-08-25 15:53

    Switzerland ready to invest in Iran: Swiss envoy

    TEHRAN- Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Markus Leitner expressed his country’s readiness to make investment in Iran.

  • railway 2020-07-27 14:15

    PBO allocates over $47m for development of Zanjan-Qazvin railway

    TEHRAN - Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said on Monday that two trillion rials (about $47.6 million) has been allocated for the double-tracking of Zanjan-Qazvin railway, IRNA reported.

  • memorandum of understanding 2020-06-12 20:30

    Job creation plan launched for craftspeople in South Khorasan

    TEHRAN – Management and Planning Organization’s head Mohammad Baqer Nobakht and South Khorasan province’s governor general Mohammad Sadeq Motamedian signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday, aiming to create 3,000 jobs for craftspeople in the province by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021). 

  • nobakht 2020-05-29 14:06

    Over $7.3b allocated for development projects

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) has announced an over 310 trillion rials (about $7.38 billion) budget allocation for development projects across the country in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 20), IRNA reported.

  • امداد رسانی نیروهای امدادی به مناطق سیل زده جاسک و چابهار 2020-01-15 18:42

    $25m allocated to meet urgent needs in flood-hit areas

    TEHRAN – A budget of one trillion rials (nearly $25 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) was allocated to meet urgent needs in flood-hit provinces of the country, Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, head of Planning and Budget Organization, wrote on his Twitter account.

  • Caspian Port 2020-01-03 14:01

    Caspian port to be linked with national rail network by March 2021

    TEHRAN - Head of Iran’s Budget and Planning Organization (BPO) said Caspian Port in Gilan Province’s Anzali Free Trade Zone, will be connected to the national rail network by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021).

  • nobakht 2019-12-28 15:02

    Over $9.4b paid for development projects in 9 months

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Budget and Planning Organization (BPO) said the government has paid 395 trillion rials (over $9.4 billion) for financing development projects across the country in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 22).

  • Nobakht 2019-12-09 12:41

    Iran expects to sell 1m bpd of oil at $50 next year

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said the oil revenues in budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starts on March 20, 2020) are estimated on the expectations of selling one million barrels per day (bpd) of oil at an average price of $50, ISNA reported.

  • PBO holds last meeting to prepare next year's budget bill 2019-12-07 19:12

    Photo: Bahman Vakhshour

    PBO holds last meeting to prepare next year's budget bill

    The Plan and Budget Organization of Iran (PBO) held its last session to formulate the budget bill for the Iranian calendar year of 1399 (starts on March 20, 2020) on Saturday morning. The organization is scheduled to submit it to the Parliament, soon.

  • Nobakht 2019-11-27 14:03

    Oil income to account for 7% of Iran’s revenue next year

    TEHRAN- Iran’s oil sale will account for just seven percent of the country’s income in the next Iranian calendar year (begins on March 20, 2020), according to Head of Iran's Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad Bagher Nobakht.

  • PV 2019-11-23 17:48

    Govt. bodies ink MOU for building 20,000 small PV systems

    TEHRAN – Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) inked a memorandum of understanding with Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and the Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed for construction of 20,000 photovoltaic power stations (known as PV systems) across the country.

  • Nobakht 2019-11-18 18:12

    Govt. to pay nearly $72b of cash subsidies next year: PBO head

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) estimated the total direct and indirect subsides which the government is going to pay to people in the next Iranian calendar year (March 2020-March 2021) to be 3.02 quadrillion rials (about $71.9 billion), IRIB reported.

  • Nobakht 2019-11-11 17:40

    Iran’s next budget bill won’t be biennial: PBO head

    TEHRAN - Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said the next year’s budget plan is not going to be biennial as it was previously reported.

  • Nobakht 2019-11-04 17:23

    Over $342b to go to state-run companies in next year’s budget bill

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said 14.4 quadrillion rials (over $342.85 billion) is going to be allocated for state-run companies in the next year’s budget plan, ILNA reported.

  • nobakht 2019-10-14 17:16

    'Budget allocated for development projects to rise 53% next year'

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said 430 trillion rials (about $10.2 billion) is going to be allocated for development projects in the next year’s budget plan, up 53 percent from the figure for the current year.

  • nobakht 2019-10-01 17:33

    Oil revenues only go to development sector in next year's budget

    TEHRAN – Iran is going to allocate all revenues from oil sales to the development projects following structural reforms in the next Iranian calendar year’s (March 2020-March 2021) budget bill, IRIB reported on Monday, quoting the head of Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) as saying.

  • Now, after becoming defense power, Iran will turn into economic power, says defense chief 2019-09-28 22:17

    Now, after becoming defense power, Iran will turn into economic power, says defense chief

    TEHRAN – Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said on Friday that Iran will become an economic power after becoming a defense power.

  • Nobakht 2019-09-04 21:34

    Next year’s budget bill to be submitted to parliament on schedule

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said the government will submit the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starts on March 20, 2020) to the parliament on December 6 as it is scheduled, IRIB reported on Tuesday.

  • Nobakht 2019-08-28 18:14

    No budget deficit in current year: PBO head

    TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) said despite the decrease in the country’s oil revenues the country won’t face any budget deficit in the current calendar year (ends on March 19, 2020).

  • projects 2019-07-05 20:02

    Over $6.4b allocated to unfinished projects

    TEHRAN – The Iranian government has allocated 270 trillion rials (over $6.4 billion at the official exchange rate) for the completion of unfinished development projects, Tasnim reported on Friday, quoting head of the Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) as saying.

  • SCI 2019-07-02 20:19

    Hosseinzadeh appointed new head of SCI

    TEHRAN - Head of Iran Planning and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, in a decree on Monday, appointed Javad Hosseinzadeh Neyestani as the new head of Statistical Center of Iran (SCI), Tasnim news agency reported.

  • production 2019-04-06 20:21

    ‘Iran to unveil production flourishing, budget reform plans in coming days’

    TEHRAN - Head of Iran’s Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht announced about unveiling a production and employment flourishing plan as well as a plan for reforming the budget structure in the coming days.

  • نوبخت 2018-12-25 21:30

    More budget seen for science, technology parks

    TEHRAN – The budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398 (starting on March 21, 2019) has predicted a 72-percent growth in budget for science and technology parks, the head of Budget and Planning Organization announced on Monday, Mehr reported.

  • budget bill 2018-12-22 20:17

    Next year’s budget bill to be submitted to parliament in 10 days

    TEHRAN- The Head of Budget and Planning Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced on Saturday that the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1398 (starting on March 21, 2019) will be submitted to the parliament on December 30, 2018 or January 1, 2019, Tasnim news agency reported.

  • Industry Minister Reza Rahmani (L) and Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the head of MPO, exchanging the documents of an MOU they signed on job creation co-op on Tuesday 2018-12-11 21:33

    Iranian MPO, industry ministry ink MOU to create 270,000 jobs

    TEHRAN - Management and Planning Organization of Iran (MPO) and the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) based on which the two sides will allocate 210 trillion rials (about $5 billion) to create 270,000 job opportunities across the country.

  • Nobakht 2018-12-07 21:06

    Next year’s budget bill unveiled

    TEHRAN- Head of Iran’s Budget and Planning Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht and one of his deputies Hamid Poormohammadi unveiled the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (starts on March 21, 2019) in a press conference on Thursday.