【英语财经】IMF敦促伊朗推行经济改革 IMF calls for Iran reforms to attract international investors

Iran must implement macroeconomic and structural reforms and combat money laundering and terrorist-financing if it is to reintegrate into the global economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.

“The first and most basic requirement for access to international markets is maintaining good macroeconomic policies so you are viewed as a good credit?.?.?.?and creating an environment in which the economy has a better growth prospect,” David Lipton, the IMF’s first deputy managing director, said in Tehran.

He added that Iran could rely on IMF support to develop a “suitable supervisory structure that is up to the international standards for preventing money laundering and the financing terrorism”.

Mr Lipton is the first senior IMF official to visit the Islamic Republic since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It comes at a difficult time for the centrist government of Hassan Rouhani, which has been struggling to attract foreign investment despite the lifting of sanctions when Tehran’s nuclear agreement with the international community came into force earlier this year.

国际货币基金组织(IMF)周二表示，伊朗若想重新融入全球经济，就必须推行宏观经济与结构性改革，并打击洗钱和恐怖融资活动。

“进入国际市场的第一个、也最基本的要求，是维持良好的宏观经济政策，那样你才被视为信用良好……同时要营造一个让经济具有更好增长前景的环境，”IMF第一副总裁戴维?利普顿(David Lipton，上图左)在德黑兰表示。

他接着说，伊朗可以指望获得IMF的支持，以建立一种“在防止洗钱和恐怖融资方面达到国际标准的、合适的监督架构”。

利普顿是自1979年伊斯兰革命以来第一位到访这个伊斯兰共和国的IMF高级官员。目前哈桑?鲁哈尼(Hassan Rouhani)领导的中间立场政府正处于困难时期。尽管德黑兰与国际社会达成的核协议在今年早些时候生效，导致制裁措施被取消，但鲁哈尼政府在吸引外国投资方面不太顺利。

译者/邢嵬