Iran economy minister: There are positive economic signs
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s economy minister says there are signs that the economy is improving.
![Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida shakes hands with Iranian Economic and Finance Minister Ali Tayebnia during their signing ceremony for an investment agreement between the two countries in Tokyo Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (front R) shakes hands with Iranian Economic and Finance Minister Ali Tayebnia (front L) during their signing ceremony for an investment agreement between the two countries in front of Japanese and Iranian business persons at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo February 5, 2016. Tayebnia is here on a five-day visit to Japan. REUTERS/Toru Yamanaka/Pool - RTX25JZJ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2016/07/RTX25JZJ.jpg/RTX25JZJ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=BQa-k4U4)
Ali Tayebnia, Iran’s economy minister, is seeking to reassure a skeptical public that the economy is headed in the right direction, despite a lack of tangible signs of progress six months after the implementation of the nuclear deal.
At a conference in the city of Mashhad, Tayebnia referred to the Persian acronym for comprehensive nuclear deal between Iran and the six world powers, BARJAM. “Although we still have not seen the results of BARJAM in practice, it has brought about good openings that have caused the gradual signs of improvement to appear,” he said. “The statistics of economic activity in the first four months of this year [Persian New Year starting in March] have been promising.”