Economic sanctions on Iran are no longer a temporary external shock; they have become embedded in the country’s economic structure, steadily reshaping household welfare.
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Neda Vahidi
In today’s Iran, where rising inflation steadily reshapes household budgets, fitness can feel like a luxury few can afford. Gym memberships in northern Tehran’s upscale…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of Iran’s industrial sector and account for a large share of employment. Yet recent evidence suggests these firms are under growing…
Mohammad Hashemi
Mental well-being in Iran has gradually moved from a side topic to a daily concern. Years of economic pressure, rising costs, and general uncertainty have reshaped not only…
Iran’s industrial sector is facing a deepening labor shortage that is no longer cyclical but structural, reflecting economic strain, shifting worker preferences and a growing mismatch between…
Hamid Mollazadeh
More than a decade under layered international sanctions has forced Iran to redesign not only its energy trade routes but also the very concept of energy diplomacy.
Despite the restoration of diplomatic ties and the reopening of embassies, economic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia remain at one of their weakest historical points.
Economic data from the first half of the Iranian calendar year 1404 (March–September 2025) signal a serious slowdown in Iran’s industrial sector.
Iran’s policymakers have set increasingly ambitious targets for expanding the country’s foreign trade, including a 23% rise in exports under the Seventh Development Plan. Yet the country’s…
Hamid Mollazadeh
Iran’s equity market has entered one of its strongest phases of retail liquidity inflow in recent years, marking a decisive shift after months of persistent capital flight.
Iran’s latest national accounts data show an economy that continues to hover around zero growth, with both demand-side and supply-side weaknesses preventing any meaningful rebound.
Hamid Mollazadeh
For more than a decade, Iran’s refining sector has operated under a structural paradox: rising domestic fuel demand against an industry that has added virtually no new large…
Iran’s trade with its northern neighbors has expanded in recent years, but structural frictions, shifting geopolitics and persistent domestic policy failures continue to limit the scale of this…
Iranian manufacturers are increasingly turning to exports of raw and semi-processed goods as domestic demand falters, creating a structural shift in the country’s production chains.
Iran’s trade with the European Union has continued to contract, underscoring the depth of structural and geopolitical pressures shaping one of Iran’s most important external economic corridors.…
Iran’s debate over energy-price restructuring has intensified after the recent gasoline increase revived expectations that diesel could be next.
Iran’s recent adjustment to gasoline prices has reopened a long-running policy debate: can fuel reforms succeed without a parallel effort to curb government overspending?
Iran’s saffron sector—producer of over 90% of global supply—is entering a period of heightened instability as smuggling, weak regulation, and outdated processing capacities erode its competitive…
Iran’s capital market is preparing for a major shift as new regulations finalize the long-awaited framework for crypto-based investment funds.
With the Central Bank’s supervisory rules…
Hamid Mollazadeh
After more than two decades of continuous production, Iran’s South Pars gas field—the country’s most vital source of energy—has reached a critical juncture.
Mohammad Hashemi
Iran’s manufacturing sector is once again bracing for winter electricity shortages, despite repeated official assurances that supply will remain stable.
After months of summer outages…
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.
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…
