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Iran says new budget, Russia loan will ‘stop US, Israel’ from weakening Tehran
2019-12-09
See? Easy-peasy.
[IsraelTimes] Rouhani tells parliament the ’resistance budget’ will beat American embargoes; says $5 billion loan from Moscow being finalized.

Iran’s president said on Sunday his country will depend less on oil revenue next year, in a new state "budget of resistance" that is designed to resist crippling US trade embargoes.

Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan, the abbreviation IRGC is a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
is in the grips of an economic crisis. In May 2018, the US began re-imposing sanctions that block Iran from selling its crude oil abroad, following US President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
’s decision to withdraw from Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers over its continued development of ballistic missile programs and support for terror groups in the region. That accord had given Iran sanctions relief in return for limits on its nuclear program.

"Next year, similar to the current year, our budget is a budget of resistance and perseverance against sanctions. This budget sends a message to the world that despite sanctions we will manage the country, especially in terms of oil," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man...
told the opening session of Parliament.

The budget will counter "maximum pressure and sanctions" by the US, he said.

Rouhani added that the Iranian government will also benefit from a $5 billion loan from Russia that’s being finalized.

He said the US and Israel will remain "without hope" despite their goal of weakening Iran through sanctions.

The next Iranian fiscal year begins March 20, with the advent of the Persian New Year. The budget is set to be about $40 billion, some 20% higher than in 2019. The increase comes as the country is suffering from a 40% inflation rate.
so, a 20% cut
Rouhani also announced in the speech a 15% increase for public sector wages as a stopgap to offset the effects of inflation.

The International Monetary Fund has forecast that Iran’s economy will contract by 9.5% this year.

Iran’s economic woes led to fuel price hikes in mid-November that helped trigger nationwide protests last month. Iranian security forces violently suppressed the protests, killing over 200 people, according to Amnesia Amnesty International.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  Paying interest is forbidden. Loans are fine.

You get around the interest thing by charging a fee for the loan. This makes it totally different even though the net amount to be repaid is exactly the same. You'd think Allan would see thru such a transparent ruse, what with being an omnipotent deity and all.
Posted by: SteveS   2019-12-09 10:54  

#4  
"Farrokh ! This money is in Roubles !"

"Wha... ? Lemme see, oh ! That's not roubles, Hormuzd. That's hryvnias. Ukranian. Count them !"

[after a while, as Farrokh paces]

"This ... this is 5 billion... hernias, Farrokh."



Posted by: Dron66046   2019-12-09 06:11  

#3  Paying interest is forbidden. Loans are fine.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-12-09 05:38  

#2  "Russia loan" = Iranian deadbeat
Posted by: Lex   2019-12-09 00:56  

#1  Wait... Aren't loans un-islamic?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-12-09 00:33  

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