Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 21

24-May-2010

IRAN

Irans Economic Reform Plan To Start In September

The Iranian government will start implementing its subsidy reform plan in the second half of the Iranian year which started on 21 March, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on 13 May in a TV interview. The reform plan is the biggest economic plan over the past 50 years, the president said, adding that it is intended to save resources and distribute funds fairly. Mr Ahmadinejad stated that...