A growing wave of entrepreneur migration is emerging as one of Iran’s most alarming economic trends, signaling a deeper erosion of the country’s productive capacity.
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Hamid Mollazadeh
Iran’s energy system has reached a breaking point—one fundamentally different from the pressures of past decades. A combination of long-ignored structural flaws, mounting…
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Iran’s liquidity growth is once again edging toward a historical high, driven largely by the government’s mounting reliance on central bank financing.
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The latest annual report of the Eurasian Group on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (EAG) for 2024–2025 indicates a notable shift in the organization’s engagement with Iran,…
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The return of UN sanctions under snapback mechanism in October 2025 has pushed Iran’s trade environment into what officials describe as a “high-risk mode,” reviving financial and maritime…
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Iran’s economy recorded a mild setback in spring 2025, as GDP dipped 0.4% and private final consumption—the largest driver of national output—fell by 1.1%. New data from the Statistical Center of…
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Hamid Mollazadeh
Iran’s nature loss is increasingly becoming a tourism loss. Once a land of shimmering lakes and four-season landscapes, the country now faces vanishing waters, intensifying…
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Iran’s free trade zones (FTZs) today deliver only a fraction of their intended economic role, contributing barely 1% to national GDP—far below expectations and dramatically weaker than regional…
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After several years of implementing Iran’s fixed-rate foreign exchange subsidy, a widening gap has emerged between the preferential and market exchange rates, reigniting concerns about fiscal…
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Hamid Mollazadeh
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After a decade of rapid ascent, Iran’s once-vibrant startup ecosystem has entered a prolonged slowdown. The digital economy, which in the early 2010s placed Iran ahead of several regional peers,…
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Hamid Mollazadeh
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Iran’s chronic inflation—among the highest and most persistent in the region—has emerged as the defining structural challenge of the national economy. Beyond eroding household purchasing power,…
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As Tehran endures its sixth consecutive year of drought, water reserves in the capital have fallen to their lowest levels in six decades, prompting rare warnings from senior officials about…
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The global halal economy is fast approaching a value of $8 trillion, yet Iran’s share remains negligible despite its strong production base and Muslim-majority population.
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Iran’s economic engine is losing momentum. According to new data from the Statistical Center of Iran, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.4% in the first quarter of the current…
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Iran’s inflationary pressures have surged again after a brief period of relative stability earlier this year. The latest figures from the Statistical Center of Iran show that point-to-point…
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Iran’s energy sector is facing mounting challenges in meeting the targets set under the Seventh Development Plan, as drought, weak hydropower generation and surging electricity demand strain both…
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Iran’s growing reliance on a narrow group of trade partners for essential imports is emerging as a structural vulnerability for its economy.
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A new study by the Iranian Parliament’s research arm has assessed the legal, political and especially economic implications of the activation of the “snapback” mechanism, noting that its primary…
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