Iran economy in post-sanction needs a new strategy

IUESA: Jafar Qaderi, Member of Parliament, referred to the post-sanction condition and asked the question, whether the government in economy sector needs new planning and policy-making or not. He said: definitely, the government needs a new planning and policy-making definitely in this condition and if currency and financial openings in the international arena is created and money transfer is facilitated, technology besides access to global markets should be brought into the country, and authorities should have new policies in accordance with these needs. Member of planning and budget commission of the parliament emphasized that the government should utilize all attempts and facilities to take advantage of the current condition, removing some restrictions and bottlenecks are due to sanction and it is necessary to develop a new strategy in this field. It is true that opening is created in some fields, but implementing resistive economy policies and supporting domestic production do not apply only in terms of the sanctions and they should be on the basis of resistive policies after removing sanctions in order not to create the past conditions again by foreign pressure, he said.

Is the process of implementing the resistive policies acceptable or does it have weaknesses during two years after they have announced? He replied, during this time, authorities did not consider seriously as it should have implemented completely and some authorities do not accept these policies and they follow other methods in their minds. When some others offer these policies, it has more slogan aspect and it has not seen an important measure actually. According to this economist, ordinary and current measures of some agencies and organizations are offered, laced with resistive economy policies, but definitely these policies have unique and endogenous features and functions and it is better authorities take advantage of capacities of other organizations in order to optimal use of these policies.

What sectors should be considered for economy boom in the current condition? He said: the loops that result in added value should be completed in different arenas like oil and petrochemical and also this policy can be created in others sectors such as industry and mining and it should be avoided selling and exporting raw material which they are counted as the country’s capital. One of the necessities of today’s economy of Iran is transport development and consequently serious consideration to transport infrastructures to provide relations with other countries and as a result product cost would decrease, he added.

In the case of foreign investment and the government priorities in this field to transfer technology and full use of this capacity, foreign investment should devote to the areas that having a lot of problems and are effective in economy and pioneer of growth motion. Yet, incentives should be prepared and compiled in order that required sectors would become the investment priority.