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The investment and business development director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) warned that without reforms in policymaking and financing, a significant portion of the country’s underground oil and gas resources may never be extracted.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised its forecast for Iran’s economic growth downward to 0.6% for 2025, up slightly from an April projection of 0.3% but well below the regional average of 3.5%, while anticipating inflation to spike to 42.4% this year from 32.5% in 2024 and unemployment to climb 1.6% year-on-year to 9.2%.