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Unbridled Poverty, An Inherent Outcome of Iran’s Systematic Corruption

Systematic corruption, the result of 41 years of mismanagement and economic crimes in Iran, which only push the rest of the society under the poverty and misery lines

By Pooya Stone

According to a 2017 World Bank development report, “systematic corruption” means the private use of public resources. In 2019, the organization Transparency International ranked Iran 130 among the world’s 180 countries for such corruption.

Iran’s Jahan-e Sanat Daily: The Government Has Chosen the Economic Cycle Over People’s Health

Shops in Iran reopened, while the coronavirus is flaunting in Iran’s cities

By Pooya Stone

In an interview with the Iranian state-run Jahan Sanat daily on Thursday, May 7, the head of Iran’s Sociological Association announced the inefficiency of the government in the fight against the coronavirus.

Coronavirus Crisis in Iran’s Khuzestan Province

 Razi Hospital of Ahvaz

By Pooya stone

An increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan has worried people.

Iranian Teachers Protest Entrance Exams

Iran's teachers

By Pooya Stone

Iranian teachers from various cities and provinces held a protest outside the Iranian parliament in Tehran on Monday to demand the cancellation of entrance exams for teaching universities.

Corruption in Iran Exposed

Iran corruption

By Jubin Katiraie

The coronavirus has dramatically changed the world in 2020, but out of the bad, many countries are seeing an increase in collaboration, social solidarity, and personal sacrifice.

Iranian Cities Are Not Only Below Poverty Line—They Are Below Misery Line

Vast poverty has pushed Iranian citizens’ livelihood conditions below the misery line

By Pooya Stone

In November, “an absolute world war against the system” was run, according to Commander of the Basij Paramilitary Group, a subsidiary of the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) Salar Abnoush, who had a direct role in the crackdown on nationwide protests.

Iran Judiciary Admits to Arresting of Elite Students Nearly One Month Later 

Iran Judiciary admits arrest of Amir Hossein Moradi and Ali Younesi, Sharif University of Technology elite students

By Jubin Katiraie

The Iranian Judiciary has finally admitted – 26 days after the fact – to arresting two elite students from the Sharif University of Technology on April 10. 

Four Protests in Iran on Monday 

Iranian teachers protest the ayatollahs' policies that are resulting in the expulsion of many in their field of work

By Jubin Katiraie

Four separate workers’ protests were held on Monday in Iran, even amid the coronavirus crisis, which shows how desperate these people must be and the stupidity of sending people back to work during a pandemic. 

Iran Removes Four Zeros from the National Currency to Conceal its Economic Bankruptcy

Iranian authorities implicitly admit to the country’s bankruptcy via passing a bill allowing the government to remove four zeros from the national currency

By Pooya Stone

On May 4, Iranian lawmakers passed a bill to remove four zeros from the national currency. According to Iranian media, the administration and Parliament (Majlis) were discussing the bill titled, “Amend the country’s monetary and baking law,” for around 13 years.

50 Women Infected with Coronavirus in Iran Prison 

Over 50 female inmates have caught the coronavirus infection in the Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz, in southwestern Iran.

By Jubin Katiraie

There are shocking reports from Sepidar Prison in Iran that at least 50 women are infected with the coronavirus, but there is no doctor to treat them and no medicine to give them.