How incompetence, sanctions jointly hit Iran’s economy - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

Apr 22, 2019

A man looks at exchange rates seen through the window of a currency exchange shop in Tehran's business district, Iran, January 17, 2016. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. - GF20000097685 — A man looks at exchange rates seen through the window of a currency exchange shop in Tehran's business district, Iran, Jan. 17, 2016. — REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi/TIMA

Seated between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (R), the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rouhani opens a two-day ministerial conference of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), which groups 10 Asian and Eurasian countries, in Tehran on November 26, 2013. AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

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Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

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A petrol station attendant (R) counts money as a man waits for his change at a petrol station in northwestern Tehran December 19, 2010. The price of gasoline will rise four-fold in Iran in the coming days, state television announced late on Saturday, as the most politically sensitive part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's subsidy cuts plan takes effect. REUTERS/Morteza

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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)

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Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics

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Bijan Khajehpour

Bijan Khajehpour

In Vienna, reporting on Iranian politics