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How The Iranian Regime Destroyed Its Economy... Long Before The War
How The Iranian Regime Destroyed Its Economy... Long Before The War
Authored by Daniel Lacalle,
As negotiations edge towards a ceasefire, Tehran is trying to blame the country’s economic collapse on the war and foreign pressure.
Yet the data tell a different story: Iran’s economy was already structurally broken before the war.
Years of ideological policymaking, institutionalised corruption, and the militarisation of the economy have caused Iran’s economic ruin.
Iran has been in a state of permanent economic emergency since at least 2018. Official inflation has remained above 40% year after year, destroying the country’s middle...
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