A soaring cost of basic living, collapsing wage purchasing power, and food inflation expose the structural failure of Iran’s economic model.
Iran’s economic crisis has...
Nearly three million students have yet to finalize enrollment, while poverty, educational inequality, repeated school closures, and declining learning outcomes threaten to deepen Iran’s...
Soaring prices for spare parts and repair services are pushing Iranian households beyond the cost of replacing appliances—and increasingly beyond the cost of maintaining...
A widening gap between wages and living costs is pushing millions of Iranian workers and retirees deeper into poverty, debt, and deprivation.
Iran’s economic crisis...
A sweeping proposed law could criminalize contact with foreign media, restrict civil society and universities, and place broad areas of cultural and social activity...
Falling labor-force participation, disappearing industrial jobs, soaring informal employment, and record economic misery reveal a labor crisis far deeper than official unemployment figures suggest.
The...
With food prices rising far faster than wages, poverty is spreading beyond the unemployed and most vulnerable, threatening workers, retirees, and Iran’s shrinking middle...
Retirees, pharmacists, and local residents staged protest gatherings in Tehran, Isfahan, East Azerbaijan, and Hormozgan, highlighting growing anger over economic hardship and unfulfilled demands.
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From renting basic laptops to selling hair and empty perfume bottles, Iran's growing second-hand marketplace reflects how economic collapse has forced millions to monetize...
Skyrocketing inflation, shrinking purchasing power, and structural economic failures are pushing nearly half of Iran's population toward poverty, with even full-time workers increasingly unable...
Rising internet prices, hidden data reductions, poor connectivity, and persistent filtering are increasing costs for millions of Iranians while undermining the country's digital economy.
Internet...
A new report by the regime’s parliamentary research center warns that poverty is set to deepen across Iran, threatening the middle class, rural communities,...
Iran’s absence from the 2026 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings is not an isolated academic setback. It is the predictable outcome of internet blackouts,...