VOL. XLVI

No 13

31-March-2003

IRAN

Iranian Parliament And Expediency Council Reach Compromise Over Budget Dispute

The Iranian parliament and the Expediency Council (EC) on 20 March reached a compromise over a dispute which arose between them about raising the budget allocation for the Guardians Council (GC) in the new budget for the year starting 21 March. The compromise increases the GCs budget to IR100.4bn ($12.5mn) from the IR40.4bn ($5.1mn) originally approved by parliament. The EC is a...