VOL. XLIII

No. 13

27-March-2000

IRAN

Prospects For Irans Post-Election Economy

The following article was written for MEES by Jahangir Amuzegar, a distinguished economist and former member of the IMF Executive Board.

Irans recent parliamentary elections, in which pro-reform candidates routed the conservative incumbents and gained an absolute majority in the new 6th Majlis, have been greeted with great enthusiasm at home and universal praise around the globe. The reformists victory is seen not only...