Economy

Iran is suspended between war and prolonged uncertainty, drifting from fear into numb exhaustion as everyday talk swings between hope,...

The EU’s designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization recasts the Islamic Republic as a system sustained by organized...

As Iran confronts existential pressure, this essay calls the bomb a fantasy: without a great-power patron or legitimacy, nuclear ambition...

In 2025, economic breakdown and war shattered the Islamic Republic’s core claim—security—leaving a regime that looks intact yet hollow, like...

A post-war currency shock sparked bazaar shutdowns in Tehran, then spread through cities and universities, becoming a broader confrontation over...

Iran’s new budget increases funding for state media and ideological institutions as inflation deepens, highlighting a widening gap between official...

For 18 weeks, precarious South Pars workers in Asaluyeh have marched against broken promises—exposing how Iran’s “energy heart” runs on...

How a 50-year-old forest beside the Bisotoun World Heritage site is deliberately run down, logged and primed for real-estate speculation...

Iran’s “turf mafia” uses opaque stadium contracts, inflated costs and engineered turf failures to delay renovations, displace clubs and convert...

Iran’s lethal air pollution is a nationwide crisis driven by dirty fuels, weak enforcement and sanctions, imposing a hidden economic...