Iran

Having risen to 26.4% y-o-y in June - the latest figures available from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) - we expect consumer price inflation (CPI) to come down slightly in the medium... 2008-08-22

The US recently sent Under Secretary of State William Burns to talks in Geneva between Iran and major world powers in order to receive Iran's response to a recent offer of economic... 2008-07-22

We are forecasting real GDP growth of 5.0% and 4.6% for 2008 and 2009 respectively, as high oil prices will ensure adequate fiscal revenues and oil export earnings.

BMI View: International sanctions are continuing to overshadow the Iranian economy, and while we expect economic growth to hold up above 3.5% over the forecast period, there are now... 2008-07-09

BMI View: We are forecasting annual real GDP growth of 4.1% by 2012, and 3.3% by 2017, on the back of slowing oil production growth, a long-term easing in oil prices and economic... 2008-07-08

BMI View: With the Iranian government recently stepping up its efforts to control media freedoms, we expect the press to remain tightly controlled over the coming years, especially... 2008-07-02

Iranian police have launched a more extensive crackdown on 'social corruption' according to the Farhang-e Ashti newspaper, confronting individuals who appear in public dressed in... 2008-06-20

Recent months has seen some extraordinary moves in the Iranian Rial, as the government looked to have intervened to halt the unit's long-held depreciatory crawl, and instead support... 2008-06-20

We continue to see accelerating inflation as the Iran's key macroeconomic challenge, after recent figures released by the Central Bank of Iran noted that consumer price inflation... 2008-06-09

Iran and Venezuela have said that they will launch a joint bank to fund development projects in both countries, in a move that highlights the growing economic and political ties between... 2008-05-29