Economic

In a meeting with a group of clerics in late March, Iranian regime president Ebrahim Raisi claimed that oil exports have reached pre-sanctions level and said, “The country was in a state that some officials said that if anyone manages to sell 200,000 barrels of oil, we will appoint him as the oil minister. But today, oil sales have returned to the levels before the sanctions and the revenue from oil sales is returning to the country.”

Where Is Iran’s Oil Revenue Going?

April 28, 2022

The explosive conditions of Iranian society and its reflection within the regime have fueled fears of a social explosion in the future and the intensification of the regime's internal crisis.

Explosive Conditions of Iranian Society and the Perpetrators of the Current Situation

April 25, 2022

People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran - MEK IRAN YouTube channel has published an informative video about Ali Khamenei’s promise of “knowledge-based growth”.

“Knowledge-Based Growth” in Iran Under the Mullahs’ Rule

April 11, 2022

The Minister of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare of Ebrahim Raisi's administration, recently announced that 14 million people in Iran do not have decent jobs.

Iran: Widespread Unemployment and Vague and Unreliable Statistics of the Regime for Confusion of People

April 8, 2022

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, Iran’s Supreme Labor Council increased the minimum wage of Iranian workers by only 57%. It announced that about 1.5 million tomans would be added to workers' minimum wage.

Iranian Workers’ Wages in 2022 Keep Them Below the Poverty Line

March 12, 2022

Following months of back-and-forth discussions and warnings by officials, the decision to eliminate Iran’s official exchange rate, which sits at 42,000 rials to every dollar, was hastily approved within minutes by the Iranian regime’s parliament as part of the budget plan put forward by the regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi for the 2022-2023 calendar year.

Iranian Regime Parliament Hastily Approves the Elimination of Iran’s Official Exchange Rate

March 10, 2022

Eleven years ago, in order to assist in the progression of Iran in the 21st century, an organization was created by the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The ‘Center for the Islamic-Iranian Model of Progress’, as it was named, was soon handed over to the control of Khamenei’s cousin, Sadegh Vaez Zadeh, while Khamenei and his regime’s officials continued their corruption and plundering activities.

Iranian Regime Continue to Lay Out Strategic Plans for Iran’s Future, Despite Failure After Failure

February 16, 2022

For centuries, economic corruption has been a major problem in many developed countries around the world. In Iran, however, the word ‘corruption’ barely covers the atrocities that the Iranian regime have inflicted throughout their rule, from misappropriation of public funds, to countless cases of embezzlement and the rampant nepotism.

The Rampant Corruption and Nepotism Within the Iranian Regime Amounts to Kleptocracy

January 21, 2022

With Iran’s socio-economic crises worsening day after day, the Iranian state media have finally acknowledged how deep the country’s problems have become after concealing much of the reality of the unrest in Iranian society.

Iranian State Media Finally Acknowledge the True Depth of Iran’s Worsening Crises

January 10, 2022

With the nuclear deal negotiations still continuing in Vienna, officials of the Iranian regime are sticking by their demand that all sanctions against them must be lifted. The regime is blind to the fact that they are the cause of all of Iran’s economic problems, as they relentlessly lay the blame on everyone else.

Sanctions Relief Will Not Solve Iran’s Economic Crisis Despite the Iranian Regime’s Demands

January 5, 2022