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Tag: inflation
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Rial Crash to Campus Revolt: Iran’s Protests Spread from Tehran’s Markets Nationwide
A post-war currency shock sparked bazaar shutdowns in Tehran, then spread through cities and universities, becoming a broader confrontation over inequality, repression, and life.…
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The New Year Budget: Increase for State Broadcasting, Rising Funds for Propaganda and Religious Bodies
Iran’s new budget increases funding for state media and ideological institutions as inflation deepens, highlighting a widening gap between official spending priorities and everyday…
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Iran’s Vanishing State: Inflation, Boycotts, and “Statelessness”
Post-war price shocks expose a hollowed-out state: officials shrug, markets rule, boycotts spread, and society faces intensified repression alongside the risk—and possibility—of rupture. After…
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Bread or Missiles? The State’s Official Policy in a Year of Turmoil
Iran’s leadership prioritizes missile power over basic welfare, pouring scarce resources into the military amid inflation, poverty, drought and collapse, leaving governance paralyzed while…
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“Life Out of Control”: Iranians Confront Sanctions’ Daily Toll
As snapback sanctions bite, Iranians describe rising prices, shrinking wages, and a loss of control over their lives—“working hard when nothing happens,” one says,…
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Nowruz Ends, Inflation Soars
According to the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the average cost of household goods and services has increased by more than…
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Iran’s currency sinks to a historical low
Iran’s currency hit an all time record low this Monday, February 20th. In the open market, the U.S. dollar is now equivalent to 500,000…
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Rohani trumpets inflation reduction as monthly rate drops
Iran’s Central Bank says inflation at the end of the Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 19, was at 11.9 percent. The Fars…