Will Iran's economy collapse? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

Jun 25, 2018

Iranian shop closed at the ancient Grand Bazaar in Tehran on June 25, 2018. - Grand Bazaar shop owners closed their shops on monday in a rare strike movement to protest against the depreciation of the Iranian currency. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) — Iranian shops were closed at the ancient Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2018. — ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images

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The interest group economics wreaking havoc on Iran's currency

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the Iranian Parliament in the capital Tehran, on August 28, 2018. - It was the first time Rouhani had been summoned by parliament in his five years in power, with MPs demanding answers on unemployment, rising prices and the collapsing value of the rial, which has lost more than half its value since April. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Why Iran must seriously act to address rent seeking

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

Will Iran’s hard currency market return to normalcy?

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

An Iraqi money dealer counts Iranian rial banknotes bearing a portrait of the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at an exchange office in Baghdad on February 3, 2012. Tens of thousands of Iranian visitors have been finding difficulty in using the Iranian currency in Iraq due to a depreciation of the rial against the dollar. AFP PHOTO/ ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)

Six factors driving Iran’s sudden currency devaluation

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics