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1 – 7 of 7His government is in an impasse with the conservative parliament over the draft budget for the new fiscal year beginning on March 21. Rouhani needs the US sanctions to be lifted…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259460
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The government is preparing to send the 2023 budget to parliament. Some politicians favour a large increasing in spending, giving little space for technocratic arguments that the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275908
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The demonstrations were triggered by Assad’s mid-August announcement of big fuel price increases, only partly mitigated by rises in salaries and pensions. However, they have been…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281840
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The Syrian pound's exchange rate fell by 40% in the first week of June before recovering slightly. After nine years of ruinous conflict, the struggling economy has been brought to…
Prospects for Iran in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB239778
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Promised extra food rations have yet to appear, deepening economic pressure on households. Last year’s twin shocks of the pandemic and oil-price collapse contributed to a fiscal…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260779
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Rouhani in late December 2018, when presenting his programme to the Majlis, reported that his administration plans to run a balanced budget for the fiscal year beginning March 21.