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The Year in Review: Iran’s Deepening Economic Crisis

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Iran experienced one of its worst economic and energy crises in 2025. Negative economic growth coincided with 49 percent inflation, shortages and rationing of energy and water, a collapse in the value of the national currency, an unprecedented government budget deficit, extreme urban air pollution, and a twelve-day war with Israel that inflicted heavy damage on Iran’s nuclear program—along with […]

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Iran’s currency collapse accelerates as inflation surges

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The Iranian rial has resumed falling at an increasingly rapid pace in recent days, with new record lows set almost daily. The Iranian currency has lost 20 percent of its value in just one month, with the U.S. dollar now trading at around 1.32 million. During this same period, the official data and domestic media

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Double squeeze: Iran faces record capital flight as oil revenues fall

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ran’s Central Bank’s latest quarterly report shows capital flight hit a historic peak in the spring of 2025, underscoring the depth of the country’s financial strain. The report, published on the Bank’s website, puts the capital account balance in the first quarter of the fiscal year (beginning March 21) at around minus $9 billion, the

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Iran’s runaway inflation empties tables, pushes children out of school

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Dalga Khatinoglu Oil, gas and Iran economic analyst A new report by Iran’s Statistical Center (ISC) reveals a sharp acceleration in food inflation, hitting millions of families where it hurts most. According to the report, food prices in September rose by nearly two-thirds compared to the same month last year, with the cost of grains,

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