News ID: 164

Date: 19 March 2022 - 23:56

Iran’s Constitutional Council approves budget bill

The spokesman for Iran’s Constitutional Council announced that the law watchdog body has approved the country’s national budget bill for the new Iranian fiscal year, which begins on March 21.

In a message posted on his Twitter account late on Saturday, Hadi Tahan-Nazif wrote, “The national budget bill for 1401 was approved after the faults [found by the Constitutional Council] with it were corrected. They were not at variance with the Constitution and the standards of Islamic law”.

The Constitutional Council – also known as the Guardian Council – has informed the Parliament that the bill has been approved.

On March 15, the constitution watchdog reviewed the draft budget for the Iranian calendar year of 1401 (March 21, 2022- March 20, 2023) and sent it back to Parliament for further revisions.

The Parliament then worked on a list of the bill’s shortcomings highlighted by the Council and made the required changes before sending it to the council again for final approval.

Tahan-Nazif also congratulated the Iranian nation on the occasion of Nowruz, wishing all Iranians a year full of success, blessings, and health.