Mohammad Bagher Nobakht

Next year budget not oil-reliant: Nobakht

TEHRAN, Oct. 09 (MNA) – Head of the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said Wednesday that “we can say next year's budget does not rely on oil revenues and we will not spend even one Rial of oil income on the current operating budget neither on the expenditures.”

Vice pres.:

Mianeh-Tabriz railway to be inaugurated within next two months

TEHRAN, Aug. 15 (MNA) – Vice President and Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht made the remarks on Thu. on the sidelines of his visit to Mianeh-Tabriz railway and added, “despite the difficult sanctions condition overshadowing the country, Mianeh-Tabriz railway, at the distance between Mianeh-Bostanabad Rd., will be put into operation within the next one to two months.”

Iran to cut budget dependency on oil revenues to zero: Nobakht

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Head of the Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said Sun. that the new reforms in the structure of the country’s budget aim at cutting direct dependency on oil revenues to zero.

988k job opportunities to be created by Mar. 2020

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Head of the Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht announced on Wednesday that by the end of the present Iranian year (March 20, 2020), some 988,000 job opportunities will be created by the government.

Govt. to prepare budget bill biannually: Nobakht

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Head of the Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said on Sunday that the government is to prepare budget bill biannually to provide a clearer image of and higher confidence about the future.

Nobakht:

Monthly inflation rate down, economic growth to improve next year

TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) – "The government managed to curb the inflation rate in the past months and according to predictions economic growth will improve in the next Iranian calendar year," Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said on Wednesday.

Vice pres.:

Sanctions not to prevent country from development, progress

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Vice President and Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said that sanctions do not prevent country from progressing.

Head of Budget Organization:

Next year’s oil revenues predicted to drop by 28%

TEHRAN, Dec. 26 (MNA) – Head of Planning and Budget Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said next year’s oil revenues (starting Mar. 21) are predicted to drop by 28%, amounting to $21 billion.

Pres. Rouhani to submit next year’s budget bill to parl. in coming week

TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will submit the budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year in 1398 (to start March 21, 2019) to the Parliament in coming week.

Nobakht:

Iran’s seven-month revenues up by 20%

TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – Head of Iran’s Management and Planning Organization (MPO) Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said that country revenues in the seven-month period of the current year (March 21 – Oct. 21) experienced a considerable 20 percent growth as compared to the same period of last year.

Govt. launches 12 support packages to neutralize US sanctions

TEHRAN, Oct. 13 (MNA) – The Head of Management and Planning Organization Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said Sat. the Iranian government has prepared 12 support packages in the face of looming US sanctions.

Nobakht resigns as Government Spokesman

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) – In a twitter message on Tuesday, Mohammad Bagher Nobakhkt announced that President Rouhani has accepted his resignation as Government Spokesman.

Govt. spox.:

Iran not to resume electricity supplies to Iraq in near future

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Iranian government spokesman said Tue. Iran is not going to resume electricity supplies to Iraq in near future due to looming shortage of power inside the country.

Nobakht:

'Iran will successfully overcome challenge of new sanctions'

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Bagher Nobakht said that the country can overcome sanctions successfully due to its high capabilities and potentials.

Govt. spokesman:

Iran’s export rises by 21% in Q1

TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Government Spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said that country’s export volume increased by 21 percent in the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year in 1397 (March 21-June 22).

Gov. spox:

No justification for meeting with untrustworthy Trump

TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – Iranian government spokesman Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said in his weekly pressers Tues. that he does not understand why the North Korean leader is meeting with untrustworthy US president.

Gov. spox:

Enemies seek to curb Iran oil after scrapping JCPOA

TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – The enemies seek to quickly curb Iran’s oil income amid new sanctions, while the government is trying hard to tackle people’s problems, according to the Iranian government spokesman.

Iran oil revenues nearly doubled during first month of year

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – According to the Iranian government spokesman, Iran's oil revenues nearly doubled during the first month of Iranian year.

Tehran urges intl. community, UNSC to respond to Zionists crimes in Palestine

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – Iranian Cabinet Spokesperson Mohammad Bagher Nobakht condemned the violent crackdown of Palestinian protests against US embassy move and urged the international community to respond to crimes.

Croatia eyes energy coop. with Iran

TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – Iran and Croatia’s national oil companies have held talks on joint cooperation in the energy sector, Croatian economy minister said Sun. in Tehran.

Govt. spokesman:

Over 1mn job to be generated in current year

TEHRAN, Mar. 24 (MNA) - Government Spokesman and Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht said that President Rouhani ordered the responsible officials of the country for generating more than one million employment opportunities in 1397 (started March 21, 2018).

Cabinet spox.:

Iran to give ‘decisive response’ to London embassy raid

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Iran will definitely give a decisive response to the Friday raid on Iranian embassy in London, cabinet spokesman Nobakht said on Saturday.

Iran; world’s 18th biggest economy: cabinet spox

TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Cabinet Spokesman Nobakht said Tue. that Iran is the 18th biggest economy in the world, with over $81,000 billion added to the country’s GPD last year, and $94,000 billion in the current year.

Nobakht rejects rumors of $16bn regional aid costs

TEHRAN, Feb. 6 (MNA) – Cabinet Spokesman Nobakht dismissed foreign media rumors that the costs of Iran’s regional aids in Syria, Iraq and Yemen amount to $16 billion, saying the actual figures have been specified in the budget.

Parliament starts re-working on budget bill

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – While the next year’s budget bill failed to win the votes of the Iranian MPs on its last try on Sunday, the Wednesday meeting of the legislators opened with the objective to re-work on the bill again.

Govt. spox:

APDIM center in Iran to promote national interests

TEHRAN, Jan. 30(MNA) – Establishment of the Asian and Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) office in Tehran is expected to significantly promote national interests, said Iran's head of the Plan and Budget Organization.

Iran rules out negotiations on missile defense system

TEHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s cabinet spokesperson said on Tuesday that Iran has not negotiated and will not negotiate over its missile program, adding that no one can interfere in its defense matters.

Iran recognizes right to protest under Citizens Rights Charter

TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) – Iran’s government spokesman said on Tuesday that Iranian government recognizes the people's right to protest within the framework of Citizens Rights Charter and the Constitution.