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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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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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Zamaneh Media Publishes: In the Middle, on the Edge, a book on Iran’s Middle Class Poor
Zamaneh Media, announces the publication of the book In the Middle, on the Edge: Essays on Iran’s Middle Class Poor which includes articles on…
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One-fifth of Iran’s Population Lives in Slums: Iranian Official
Around 16 million people are living in slums in the outskirts of Iranian big cities, according to an Iranian official. This number is much…
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Iranians Strained by Growing Economic Crisis
Price of everyday living in spiking in every walk of life for Iranians; the price of fruit is up by 83 percent, household goods…
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Plans to Clear Panhandlers from Tehran
Tehran City officials are proposing plans to deal with panhandlers saying they are “darkening” the face of the Capital. They report that 90 percent…
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Sistan Baluchistan MP lists distressing stats about province
Seventy percent of people in Sistan Baluchistan province are living below the poverty line, the Khash representative to Parliament reports. ISNA reports that Hamidreza…