By Pooya Stone
Iran’s officials and media have analyzed in the past days the critical economic situation and the super-inflation that the government is facing.
Iran: Multi-Billion-Dollar Debts, Luxury Lives, and Millions of Hungry People
By Jubin Katiraie
Iran’s ayatollahs refuse to provide economic statistics to cover up their irresolution and incompetence. However, social demands occasionally force the government to release parts of the truth about the dire conditions. Of course, rulers present little details under ambiguous shadows to silence public protests and grievances.
Iran’s Extremely Confused and Upset Situation Over the Coronavirus Pandemic
By Pooya Stone
The horrendous number of the death caused by the coronavirus in Iran and its result in the society have forced state media to react in fear of this situation.
Iran MPs’ Fight Over the Budget
By Pooya Stone
When a vulture lands on a rotten carcass, it worries about rivals who could arrive most than worrying about eating.
Loss of $22 Billion in Foreign Exchange a ‘Minor’ Issue in Iran
By Jubin Katiraie
A powerful system of political patronage, nepotism, and cronyism pervade all sectors of Iran’s economy. Bribes are often given to obtain services, permits, or public contracts.
The Systematic Trafficking of Iranian Girls
By Pooya Stone
Iranian women and girls are being systematically trafficked to other countries by criminal gangs with state officials providing immunity or outright taking part.
Persecution of Female Kurdish Activists in Iran
By Jubin Katiraie
Multiple female Kurdish political prisoners in Iran have been prosecuted, detained, and give exceptionally long prison terms in the past month, as part of the regime’s 40-year-long persecution of ethnic minorities, designed to keep the mullahs in power.
Iran: Inside the Free Bitumen Plan
By Pooya Stone
These days, bitumen and its rents have provoked many reactions and discussion among economic experts and activists. In this respect, an expert recently revealed that politicians owning bitumen-making plants are behind the free bitumen plan. However, the issue is too plain and simple. Influential Iranian politicians and MPs are exploiting the law to fill their pockets.
Iran Making Death Row Inmates Into Cannon Fodder for Syrian War
By Jubin Katiraie
On Monday, July 27, several high-ranking officials from Karaj Central Prison, as well as a well-dressed delegation, visited various wards of the prison to find inmates to fight in the Syrian Civil War, alongside the forces of the Iranian regime and the Syrian regime.
