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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of over 90% of global supply—is entering a period of heightened instability as smuggling, weak regulation, and outdated processing capacities erode its competitive…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…

Iran’s liquidity growth is once again edging toward a historical high, driven largely by the government’s mounting reliance on central bank financing.

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Hamid Mollazadeh

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,…

Hamid Mollazadeh

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,…

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…

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.

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…