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Central Bank Gives Marriage and Childbirth Loan Priority to Gam Bond Welfare Card Holders; Store Credit Arrives Faster, Not Necessarily Cash (Friday, August 28, 2026)
Iran's central bank says applicants for interest-free marriage and childbirth loans who choose the "welfare card linked to Gam bonds" get priority in payment order; the card gives store credit for specific goods at contracted merchants, not cash the household can spend freely (Aug 27-28, 2026).
Tehran Rents Jump 70 to 100 Percent This Moving Season; Parliament Research Center Lists 4 Fundamental Flaws in the Rent Cap Law (Saturday, August 8, 2026)
Tehran rents have risen 70 to 100 percent this moving season despite a legal rent cap, automatic lease renewal and housing deposit loans. A fresh Parliament Research Center review of Article 7 of Iran's 2024 land, housing and rent market law says the cap has no renewal mandate behind it and covers only 98 of the country's 933 cities (Khabar Online, Saturday, August 8, 2026).
Iran raises the National Housing Movement loan ceiling from 650 to 850 million tomans; a parliamentary committee says it still falls short (Sunday, 2 August 2026)
Iran's Central Bank High Council raised the National Housing Movement individual loan ceiling from 6.5 to 8.5 billion rials, that is from 650 to 850 million tomans. The increase covers only supported projects whose land the Roads and Urban Development Ministry supplies, and was extended to projects more than 65 percent complete. On Sunday, 2 August 2026, a member of parliament's Construction Committee called the figure insufficient. This report measures the loan against what building costs.
