Iran

While the government's decision to hold off for two months the introduction of a 3% value-added tax appears to have brought to an end a week of strikes in Tehran's main bazaar today... 2008-10-13

Quarterly Tables For Iran

International sanctions and the global economic slowdown, in addition to lower oil prices and elevated inflation levels will conspire to slow economic growth over the forecast period,... 2008-10-10

The Iranian rial appears to have departed from its previous path of gradual depreciation via a crawling peg. We see a risk of further sharp declines, in line with a US dollar bounce,... 2008-10-08

The central government will continue to pursue an expansionist fiscal policy over the forecast period, running up large deficits which, for now, will be financed using the Oil Stabilisation... 2008-10-01

Global oil prices have declined substantially since July and there is a possibility of further major declines to around the US$50/bbl mark. Under these circumstances, Iran's current... 2008-10-01

At the end of last month we at BMI tried to provide an insight into Iran's nuclear program (see Nuclear Programme: A Closer Look, August 29) and comments today (September 26) by... 2008-09-26

News that Syria has amassed 10,000 troops on the Lebanese border underscores our view that the opposition is likely to strengthen its position, if not win outright, in next year's... 2008-09-24

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently gave his public backing to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, telling him in late August to 'work as if you will stay in charge for... 2008-09-24

The Central Bank of Iran recently released the central government's approved budget for this year. It allows for a considerable fiscal deficit, which we forecast to come in at 5.8%... 2008-09-24