The economy continues to get worse as inflation heads for an annual rate of a hundred percent In Western countries an inflation rate of ten percent is considered a disaster requiring prompt attention The Iranian government is distracted by its desire t
A recent (June 30-July 2) mass meeting (or “loya jirga”) of more than 4,000 Afghan clerics and tribal elders in Kabul ended with the participants endorsing the policies of the IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) or the 2021 Taliban, governme
It’s been a very bad year so far Iranian economic problems have led to more public protests by a larger variety of dissatisfied groups, including teachers, pensioners and essential oil industry workers In 2019, when the protests revived and were