Economy

Parliament research shows Iran’s mining sector fosters rent-seeking and monopolies, sidelines local communities, and—rather than driving sustainable development—remains primarily extractive,...

Andirgan is not an isolated episode; it exposes the Islamic Republic’s structural securitization of social, economic, and environmental demands—especially intensified...

Systemic denial of identity papers forces Baloch children into hazardous seasonal labour, deadly transport, and school dropout—entrenching intergenerational poverty amid...

Mazandaran officials approved a deal swapping waste services for land reclassification, pulling 60+ hectares of rice paddies into village limits...

Amid renewed sanctions and regional isolation, Tehran seeks a “third way” of survival through China and Russia—but without real integration,...

Amid intensified crackdowns, Iran’s teachers sustained nationwide organizing, faced mass dismissals and arrests, built cross-movement solidarity, and demanded an end...

At Bu-Ali Sina University, students protest alleged harassment by Iraqi classmates, scholarships tied to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, and campus...

Strikes shuttered markets across eastern Sistan and Balochistan as residents protested border closures and a fuel-carrying crackdown. At least 18...

Behind Tehran’s official denial of water shortages lies a stark inequality: construction continues, benefiting luxury developments while poorer neighborhoods are...

In the past two years, a notable surge in book prices, particularly in the fields of philosophy, psychology, literature (including...