The government of Hassan Rouhani predicts a budget deficit of 9 billion dollars for the remaining months of the fiscal year ending March 20.<\/p>\n
The Chairman of the Management Planning organization, Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, said on Wednesday: \u201cOur prediction is that, by the end of the year, there will be lack of achieving of 9 billion dollars income however we run the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cNaturally there would be some difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is while he had said on 29 December that, even if oil prices reach $34-35 dollars a barrel, \u201cthe problem can be controlled easily\u201d.<\/p>\n
Prior to that, the official news agency IRNA reported that the oil income would constitute 33% of the budget for the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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