Iranian Regime to Blame for Iran’s Economic Freefall
As the working week began in Iran this week, currency exchange rates around the country caused great shock as the price for one U.S. dollar shot up from 300,000 rials to 310,000 rials within just a few hours. The cause of the sudden drop in the value of rial is suspected to be the unsuccessful […]
Nepotism Runs Rife Within the Iranian Regime
In many countries around the world, high levels of education and expertise in a particular field is usually key to gaining employment in top jobs in society. In Iran, however, regime authorities have resorted to hiring their relatives in governmental positions, regardless of their knowledge and expertise. Iran News Wire said, “In fact, nepotism in […]
Iran: Women Peddler Are Left Without Support
During the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, women heads of households suffered the most from job inequality and unemployment. Although there is no confidence in the regime’s statistics, some estimates say at least 200,000 to 1 million women lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Women peddlers show the face of poverty There is a specific […]
Poverty-Stricken Iranians Forced to Sell Their Organs to Make Ends Meet
As October 17 marked the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, many countries around the world are taking steps to help the vulnerable people in their societies in order to reach this goal. On the other hand, the levels of poverty are so severe in Iran that its citizens are selling their body parts […]
Iranian Regime Fear Society as Economic and Social Crises Feed Frustrations
As the economic and social crises in Iran worsen day by day, the Iranian people are becoming increasingly frustrated with the situation and the Iranian regime and are on the verge of exploding into nationwide uprisings. Iran’s state media have stated that as the inflation rates rise, income inequality widens and unemployment levels worsen, society […]
Iranian Regime Demands the Release of Frozen Money Abroad
With the current economic crises in Iran, the Iranian regime has been pressuring countries around the world, who have the regime’s money frozen in accounts, to release the money for immediate use. However, the question remains as to whether this money will be used to fund the regime’s malign activities or to help the Iranian […]
Iranian State Media Discuss Worsening Crises and Possible Uprisings
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) recently reported that the recent stories across Iranian state media have all acknowledged the country’s current social and economic crises, as well as the worsening Covid-19 crisis, and warn of possible uprisings by frustrated citizens. The Arman daily have rejected the claims of rapid vaccinations by regime […]
Iran: Water Crisis in Addition to Power Outages and the Fifth Peak of COVID-19
What is the water crisis? According to classical definitions, when the total water consumption in a country is more than 40% of the total renewable water resources of that country, that country enters a water crisis or water shortage problem. The drinking water supply of 467 cities in Iran depends on the water resources behind […]
Iran Experts Decry Corruption in Economy
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in his new year speech that this would be the year of increasing support to and removing barriers from Iran’s production, but this fails to recognize that the reason for the economic crisis is institutionalized corruption and mismanagement. Many state-run media outlets and regime experts have cast doubt on […]
Iran, Under the Mullahs’ Regime, Is at the Bottom of the Global Rank for Anti-Corruption
In its latest report (2020), Transparency International ranked Iran at 149th out of 180 countries in terms of corruption. According to the report, Iran, which is still among the “red” countries in the organization’s world map, managed to get only 25 points out of 100 points. In the last three years and from 2018 onwards, […]