IRAN

 

Guardian Council Approves Iranian Budget

The Iranian parliament (Majlis) on 17 May approved the budget for the Iranian year 1391, which started on 20 March. The budget projects total expenditure of IR5,660,000bn ($462bn), an increase from the original IR5,100,000bn ($416bn) first proposed when the budget was submitted to parliament in February (MEES, 13 February). Two days later on 19 May the Guardian Council, a constitutional body which has to give the...