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Iran’s Economy Suffering From a ‘Hot Money’ Phenomenon

Iran, Hot Money

By Pooya Stone

The foreign exchange market, gold, coins, and stocks have become short-term stay for cash flows in Iran. Money as if no one wants to keep it, and most prefer to own all sorts of liquid assets instead.

Iranian Labor Activist Flogged and Taken to Prison on June 1

Rasoul Taleb Moghadam, one of the drivers of Iran's Vahed Bus Company

By Jubin Katiraie

An Iranian labor activist was flogged by the Iranian authorities yesterday and taken to begin his jailed sentence without being given medical attention.

Iranian Interior Minister Claims Just 200 Protesters Died in November

 Iranian regime Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli

By Pooya Stone

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani-Fazli said in a state TV interview on Saturday that 200 protesters were killed by the suppressive security forces during the November 2019 uprising that spread to at least 140 cities.

Iran: Head of Mafia of Corruption, Now the Head of Parliament

 Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran’s new parliament speaker, speaking with supreme leader Ali Khamenei

By Jubin Katiraie

Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, one of Iran’s main figures in repression and warmongering, and one of the heads of the theft and looting in the Iranian regime were appointed as the speaker of parliament on 28 May, in a hasty move.

Massive Fires Rage in Iran Due to Regime’s Inaction

Iran forest fires

By Pooya Stone

Massive fires have swept the Khaeez protected forest in southwest Iran since Thursday, killing many of the animals there, and even coming back to life on Saturday, just hours after local officials said they’d been extinguished.

Iran Protests Increase and Spread Across the Country

Iran's protests archive image

By Jubin Katiraie

Iran saw an increased number of large protests over the past few days with people from all occupations and social classes demanding their rights.

Iran claims It Will Reduce Inflation While 45 Million Have Inadequate Income

Given the volume of liquidity and unbridled poverty, Iranian authorities need a miracle to reduce the inflation rate

By Pooya Stone

Recently, the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) acknowledged its goal to reduce the inflation rate to 22 percent in the current year. In other words, it intends to reduce the 41-percent inflation, which was announced in March, by 20 percentage points.

The Widening Gap Between Iran’s Rich and Poor

The government-linked rich individuals are stockpiling more wealth while millions of breadwinners wish to merely feed their families

By Pooya Stone

In Iran, the gap between economic classes is widening every day. A few citizens with close ties with the government are becoming richer as the rest of the society is rapidly moving below the poverty and misery lines. Due to the government’s economic failures and systematic corruption, poverty and high prices continue to grow.

Iran’s Economy Is Getting Smaller As It Loses Its LNG Customers

The Iranian government exceed its costly provocative projects as the country loses its LNG customers

By Jubin Katiraie

Iran’s economy is getting smaller and sinking into a quagmire as the ayatollahs persist on their costly provocative projects like testing ballistic missiles and illicit nuclear activities.

Why the Constant Revelations by Iran’s Officials?

Iran Sistan and Balutchestan

By Jubin Katiraie

Iranian state media these days constantly carry news about the officials admitting to the crimes and the corruption by the regime’s elements.