Next year’s budget mainly targeted at cutting direct dependence on oil: Rouhani

TEHRAN- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that the main goal of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1400 (begins on March 21, 2021) is to downsize the government and cut the direct dependence on oil incomes.

Coronavirus lockdowns expanded to 46 more cities

TEHRAN – The National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control has approved to impose strict restrictions for 10 days as of Wednesday in 46 cities that have the highest rate of COVID-19 infection in the country.

Rouhani launches, inaugurates projects for constructing 11,000 houses

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani launched and inaugurated the projects for the construction of nearly 11,000 residential units throughout the country via video conference on Thursday, IRNA reported.

Rouhani inaugurates projects worth over $3b in rural, nomadic areas

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurates 33,262 development and employment projects worth 131.22 trillion rials (about $3.124 billion) in some rural areas and nomadic regions via video conference on Monday, IRNA reported.

Tourism projects worth $255m inaugurated nationwide

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated 87 tourism projects worth 10.67 trillion rials (about $255 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) across the country during a ceremony through video conference on Thursday.

Qeshm Island boosts hospitality services

TEHRAN – Three new hotels were inaugurated in the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm on Thursday, aiming to boost hospitality services on the southern island.

Rouhani praises petchem industry for production boom

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has expressed satisfaction with the country’s petrochemical industry for increasing production in recent years, Shana reported.

Rouhani inaugurates energy projects worth over $2b in 3 provinces

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated three energy projects worth $2.14 billion in three provinces via video conference on Thursday, Shana reported.

Rouhani urges completion of semi-finished oil industry projects

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, in a phone conversation with Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, stressed the need for accelerating the completion of the oil industry’s semi-finished projects, Shana reported.

Qatar delivers new packages of aid to Iran for coronavirus battle

TEHRAN – A plane containing 15 tons of goods and medical supplies from the government of Qatar landed in Tehran on Friday to help the country combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Falling oil prices have least impact on Iran's economy: Rouhani

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the falling oil prices will have the least impact on the Iranian economy since the country is not completely reliant on oil anymore, Shana reported.

250 water, electricity projects to be inaugurated by March 2021

TEHRAN- Following a program called “A-B-Iran”, the Iranian Energy Ministry is going to inaugurate 250 major water and electricity projects worth 500 trillion rials (about $11.9 billion) during the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2021), IRIB quoted Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian as saying on Monday.

Transferring shares of state-run companies should be expedited: Rouhani

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani instructed the country’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Farhad Dejpasand that the process of divesting state shares should be expedited, IRNA reported.

Hemmati appointed new head of IRCS

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has appointed Karim Hemmati as the new head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society for four years.

Development projects worth $491m inaugurated in northwestern Iran

TEHRAN - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, on Wednesday, inaugurated several development projects during a visit to Ardebil Province, northwestern Iran, IRNA reported.

New cultural occasions added to Iran’s calendar of events

TEHRAN – Three cultural occasions were officially added to Iran’s national calendar of events on Tuesday.

Tourism ministry’s budget seen to rise by 11.8%

TEHRAN – The budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year (to start March 20, 2020) has proposed 13 trillion rials (about $310 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) for the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, an increase of 11.8 percent compared with the current year’s budget.

‘Budget of resistance’ to counter sanction effects

Rouhani submits $473b budget bill to Majlis

TEHRAN- President Hassan Rouhani submitted the administration’s draft of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1399, which starts on March 20, 2020, to the Majlis on Sunday, IRNA reported.

President inaugurates major development projects in northwestern province

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated several development projects in Tabriz, the capital city of the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on Wednesday, IRNA reported.

Rouhani: People vigilantly put end at enemy-backed sporadic chaos  

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani expressed on Wednesday his warm appreciation to all walks of the life whose vigilance and patience foiled enemies’ plots. 

So far 37 legislators have signed letter to impeach Rouhani: MP

TEHRAN – A sum of 37 legislators in the Majlis have thus far signed an impeachment inquiry into President Hassan Rouhani, an MP announced on Monday, according to ANA news agency.

Government mulls granting special authorization to provinces 

TEHRAN – President Rouhani expressed hope on Tuesday that his government would pave the ground for granting budget allocation authorization to some provinces in the near future.

Rouhani inaugurates several development projects in southeastern province

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated several development projects in the southeastern province of Kerman on Monday, IRNA reported.

President inaugurates major development projects in central province

TEHRAN- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated some major development projects in the central province of Yazd on Sunday, IRNA reported.

President in a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart:

Iranian, Venezuelan nations’ resistance in foiling US’ plots praiseworthy

President described resistance of the Iranian and Venezuelan nations and foiling America’s plots praiseworthy and said, “Tehran is ready to develop its relations with Venezuela, as a friendly country, in all fields of mutual interest”.

Nation has overcome ‘maximum pressure’, says Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the Iranian nation has successfully passed the difficult test of countering the “maximum pressure” policy of the ill-wishers.

By Mahnaz Abdi

Iran-Armenia economic ties not affected by U.S. sanctions

While the U.S. renewed sanctions on Iran are aimed at isolating the Islamic Republic both politically and economically, Iran’s relations, especially in the economic sectors, with its neighbors are seemed not to be affected by the sanctions.

Govt. launches project to build 110,000 affordable housing units

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani officially launched the government’s National Action Plan for Construction and Supply of Housing on Tuesday, inaugurating a project for constructing 110,000 affordable housing units.

Iran to facilitate foreign tourist arrivals

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday issued a decree on facilitating foreign tourist arrivals in the country, saying that visa-stamping waivers should be extended to all airports across the country.