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Iran's Economic Malaise

October 12, 2022

Oil Workers Condemn Arbitrary Arrests, Pledge to Continue Protests

“We will Not Remain Silent” A union representing oil workers in Iran has published a statement condemning Iranian authorities for arbitrarily arresting their colleagues who have joined the nationwide, anti-state protests that have been ongoing throughout the country since September 16, ...

May 26, 2022

As Millions Face Poverty, Iran’s Government Dissolves Largest NGO for the Poor

May 26, 2022 – While millions of Iranians are struggling to make ends meet, the Iranian government has shut down the country’s oldest and largest independent non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on poverty alleviation, the Imam Ali Popular Student Relief ...

February 3, 2022

Leaked Iranian State Document: Expect Protests to Get Bigger and More Frequent

High-Level Intelligence Official: “Social Discontent Has Increased About 300 Percent” A top-secret Iranian state document leaked to RFE/RL’s Radio Farda has revealed senior intelligence and military officials’ internal assessment of the country’s severe social and ...

January 29, 2022

Iran’s Violent Crushing of Protests Followed by Growth of Security State

IRGC Commanders Appointed as Governor-Generals to 10 of Iran’s 31 Provinces “People’s tolerance level has decreased in recent years, given the increasing economic pressures,” said Iran’s deputy interior minister in charge of the Social Services ...

April 30, 2021

Labor Day in Iran: Listen to the People’s Demands for Basic Rights

Unpaid Wages and Benefits, Unfair Wages Trigger Increasingly Organized Strikes Labor Activists Jailed Under Trumped-Up Charges April 30, 2021 – As International Labor Day approaches, workers across Iran are facing a deepening crisis and inability to meet ...

November 21, 2019

EU Calls on Iran’s Security Forces to Exercise “Maximum Restraint” in Handling Protests

Violence “Unacceptable,” Free Flow of Information Must Be Ensured The European Union’s External Action Committee, which manages the EU's diplomatic relations with other countries and conducts EU foreign and security policy for the 28-country bloc, released ...

August 24, 2018

Iran Sanctions “Unjust and Harmful,” Says UN Expert Warning Against Generalised Economic War

Mr. Idriss Jazairy, Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures GENEVA (22 August 2018) – Sanctions must be just, and must not lead to the suffering of ...

April 29, 2013

Sanctions and Regime Policies Cause Growing Crisis in Iran

The international community should target sanctions more effectively to impose costs on the Iranian government and not its citizens, and the Iranian government should end its policies that worsen the crisis in access to medicines, foods, and other essential imports, the International Campaign for Human ...

April 29, 2013

Acknowledgments

This study was researched and written by Dr. Dariush Zahedi for the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. Dr. Zahedi is a lecturer at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught ...

April 29, 2013

Conclusion

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Conclusion The purpose of this study is to alert the international community to the mounting costs inflicted on the ...

April 29, 2013

Medicine and Healthcare

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Medicine and Healthcare Crucially, the combination of sanctions and mismanagement has also reduced the availability and quality ...

April 29, 2013

The Professional Middle Class, Small Business Owners, and Bazaaris

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights The Professional Middle Class, Small Business Owners, and Bazaaris Signs of ...

April 29, 2013

Manufacturing, Blue Collar Workers, and the Urban Poor

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Manufacturing, Blue Collar Workers, and the Urban Poor Perhaps nowhere are ...

April 29, 2013

Consequences for the Iranian Economy

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Consequences for the Iranian Economy The most important arena in which the interplay between sanctions ...

April 29, 2013

Crippling Sanctions

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Crippling Sanctions US President Obama signed the most consequential component of the sanctions into law on December 31, ...

April 29, 2013

The Ahmadinejad Period (2005–Present)

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights The Ahmadinejad Period (2005-Present) Even before the imposition of the 2012 sanctions, however, the sanctions regime against ...

April 29, 2013

The Khatami Period (1997–2005)

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights The Khatami Period (1997-2005) Neither the US nor any other country imposed additional sanctions on Iran during ...

April 29, 2013

The Rafsanjani Period (1989–1997)

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights The Rafsanjani Period (1989-1997) With the exception of the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-proliferation Act, which was signed into ...

April 29, 2013

The Khomeini Period (1979–1989)

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights The Khomeini Period (1979-1989) During the time that Ayatollah Khomeini was ruling Iran, sanctions against the Islamic ...

April 29, 2013

Iran’s Economic Malaise from 1979–2012

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Iran’s Economic Malaise from 1979–2012 This section will assess the impact of sanctions ...

April 29, 2013

Introduction

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Introduction This study will examine the impact of increasingly stringent and comprehensive sanctions on the ability ...

April 29, 2013

Recommendations

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Recommendations To the governments of the United States and the European Union: 1. Make clear and explicit statements regarding the ...

April 29, 2013

Executive Summary

A Growing Crisis: The Impact of Sanctions and Regime Policies on Iranians' Economic and Social Rights Executive Summary Despite the international community’s stated intention to direct sanctions at the government of Iran for its ...

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