Editing Politics of Iran (section)

====2015–16====
Iran's 2015 proposed budget is nearly $300 billion. The overall/"total" budget shows a 4% growth compared with the 2014 budget. The budget assumes
that the country exports 1 million barrels per day of crude oil and 0.3 million barrels per day of gas condensates at an average price of $72 per barrel of crude.<ref>[http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Jan15.pdf Iran Investment Monthly (January 2015)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231309/http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Jan15.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}. Turquoise Partners. Retrieved 25 February 2015.</ref> The official exchange rate is projected to be on average US$28,500/IRR.<ref name=article2/> Dependency on oil exports in this overall budget bill has dropped to 25% (down from over 30% of government revenues in 2014.){{citation needed|date=July 2021}} The plan is to increase [[Taxation in Iran|taxation on large organizations]] by reducing tax evasion/exemption. The Iranian state is the biggest player in the economy, and the annual budget strongly influences the outlook of [[Industry of Iran|local industries]] and [[Tehran Stock Exchange|the stock market]]. The 2015 budget is not expected to bring much growth for many of the domestic industries.<ref name=article2>{{cite news|title=Iran's Neoliberal Austerity-Security Budget|url=http://www.payvand.com/news/15/feb/1076.html|access-date=21 February 2015|date=16 February 2015|website=Payvand.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821225253/http://www.payvand.com/news/15/feb/1076.html|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Dec14.pdf Iran Investment Monthly (December 2014)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226074830/http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Dec14.pdf |date=26 February 2015 }}. Turquoise Partners. Retrieved 25 February 2015.</ref> 

An average oil price of $50 for the coming year would result in a deficit of $7.5 billion. The government can lower this deficit by increasing the official exchange rate but this will trigger higher inflation.<ref name =article1>[http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Jan15.pdf Iran Investment Monthly (January 2015)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231309/http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Jan15.pdf |date=3 March 2016 }}. Turquoise Partners. Retrieved 26 February 2015.</ref> The proposed expenses are $58 billion including $39 billion is salary and pension payments to government employees. Proposed development expenditure amounts to $17 billion.<ref name =article1/> [[Science in Iran#Budget|R&D's share in the GNP]] is at 0.06% (where it should be 2.5% of GDP)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Memorandum of the foreign trade regime of Iran|publisher=[[Ministry of Commerce (Iran)|Ministry of Commerce]]|date=November 2009|url=http://www.irantradelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Irans-Foreign-Trade-Regime-Report.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713054415/http://www.irantradelaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Irans-Foreign-Trade-Regime-Report.pdf|archive-date=13 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=248319|title=Govt. favors weaning research from national budget|date=29 July 2015|website=Tehrantimes.com|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610230855/http://tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=248319|archive-date=10 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Science in Iran#Private sector|industry-driven R&D]] is almost non‑existent.<ref name=article2/>