Tehran (IP) - Iran's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, in his presser, said that Iran has planned for both scenarios, whether sanctions are lifted or not.

Iran PressIran News: Ehsan Khandozi, who was speaking at his press conference on Sunday, stated; "We have almost witnessed the situation where the United States of America has used all its economic pressure tools against Iran, so creating fear in people's minds is not proportional to the facts in the sanctions situation."

He further stressed: " Iran has planned for both scenarios of lifting and not lifting sanctions."

Raisi Administration seeks to reduce liquidity

The Iranian Minister of Finance says that the people-oriented administration will contain inflation challenges by having a non-inflation economic roadmap.

He added that the policies pursued by the current administration were going forward based on efficiency and transparency.

One of the implications of the policies was the stabilization of the country's economy at the macro level, Khandouzi said. According to him, the administration controlled liquidity and reduced it from 45.5 percent to 37.5 percent.

Iran is looking to import cars with low fuel consumption

In response to Iran Press regarding car import, Iran's Minister of Economy and Finance said that importing cars with low fuel consumption is the government's priority to decrease the volume of environmental pollutants.

Ehsan Khandozi pointed out that based on the law, the government will register car imports with a price of fewer than 20,000 euros with a total value of 1 billion euros, and priority is given to imports with cars under 10,000 euros. 

He expressed hope that at the end of 2022, he will be able to present a report of statistics indicating the increase in the quality and quantity of services in the automobile industry.

The Minister of Economy noted that significant reforms are underway to improve Iran's car industry.

Under the new law, approved in the cabinet on August 17, Iranian importers will be able to import cars worth a maximum of 20,000 euros, with a focus on cars worth fewer than 10,000 euros, to have fewer pollution impacts.

Iran’s industry ministry expects around 100,000 cars will be imported into the country under the law in the next 12 months.

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