Iranian economy

Small-scale protests break out in Iran over cost of living

Retired educators, telecommunications workers, and job seekers also reportedly demonstrated on Sunday in Tehran, Ahvaz, Shush, Kermanshah, Dezful, and Rasht.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026.
An Iranian woman shops in a local market in Tehran, Iran, April 28, 2026

Iran’s worsening economic crisis raises questions over Tehran’s willingness to compromise

As Iran’s economic strain deepens, an expert told the Post that the regime is not close to collapse despite rising inflation.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
An Aqeeq (agate) ring is pictured next to Iraqi dinar and US dollar banknotes are laid out on a table as members of the Shia Muslim community arrive at a centre in Iraq's southern city of Basra accepting charity donations to aid people affected by the ongoing war in Iran and Lebanon.

Iran's Central Bank chief says regime has enough foreign currency despite US sanctions, blockade

The central bank was ready to inject up to $2 billion into the foreign exchange market to calm recent volatility, while the Iranian rials plunged to a record low in August.

|ByREUTERS
FILE PHOTO: People walk on the beach, with vessels in the Strait of Hormuz visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 22, 2026.

Iranians protesting unfair employment, economy brutalized by security forces, rights group says

The Human Rights Activists’ News Agency reported that young protesters began demonstrating over allegations of unethical hiring practices at the Lishtar refinery project.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Ahmadinejad launches website and Instagram account in hopeful political comeback

The former Iranian president is making an intense media push as he returns to the public eye.

FEBRUARY 10, 2015ByHAGAI LAP
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) sits above former president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian vice president under Ahmadinejad jailed for five years

Mohammad Reza Rahimi, who was appointed in 2009 after Ahmadinejad's re-election, was indicted in March in connection with a billion-dollar money laundering and embezzlement scheme.

JANUARY 22, 2015ByREUTERS
Mohammad Reza Rahimi makes a "V" sign as he arrives at the Iranian garden in Maroun al-Ras village.

Are EU sanctions against Iran beginning to evaporate?

The first Europe-Iran Forum, which took place on Wednesday and Thursday in London, stated its goal as “preparing post-sanctions investment and trade.”

OCTOBER 20, 2014ByBENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton