Farid Mahoutchi
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Basij-affiliated women ride a flag-draped pickup during the state-orchestrated Janfada parade in September 2026 (opens the original)
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On September 28, Mojtaba Khamenei offered an extraordinary description of Iran’s position in the world. “Today some consider us the world’s fourth superpower,” he declared in his official message marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War. “Of course, they say this based on worldly calculations; divine calculations regard [Iran] as the world’s first power.” He paired the assertion with another: “More than 30 million Iranians have declared themselves ready to sacrifice their lives.” Khamenei al
Crowds check dollar and euro rates at a Tehran currency exchange as Iran’s rial comes under pressure (opens the original)
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Even the Central Bank’s own figures leave little room for claims of economic normalization. Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on September 26 that point-to-point inflation stood at 83.8 percent in September, down only marginally from 84.4 percent in August, while monthly inflation remained 3.9 percent. Tasnim presented the fractional decline as the first in 15 months; Hemmati himself conceded that inflation running around 4 percent a month remained high. A much darker picture appeared the same da
File photo: A crowd gathers outside a local money exchange shop amid mounting currency instability and the collapse of the Iranian rial (opens the original)
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Even by the Iranian regime’s own measurements, the economy is contracting at an extraordinary pace. Figures attributed to the Statistical Center and carried by Tasnim show gross domestic product falling 10.1 percent year-on-year in spring 2026 with oil and 4.6 percent without it. Industry and mining contracted 14.7 percent and services 4.8 percent. Whatever the limitations of official statistics in Iran, the figures amount to an admission from inside the state apparatus that the underlying econo
FILE PHOTO: Iranian youth posing with victory signs during the 2022 uprising (opens the original)
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The clerical regime in Iran has spent every anniversary of the 2022 uprising trying to prove that the fire has gone out. It floods the streets with security forces, arrests families of slain protesters, warns against “disturbances,” and stages loyalist rallies to occupy public space before the public can. But the choreography betrays the message. Confident governments do not turn cemeteries into checkpoints or mourning into a national-security problem. The revolt began after the killing of Mahsa
Former PMOI Secretary-General Zahra Merrikhi (left) raises the hand of newly elected Secretary-General Mahnaz Maimanat (right) at the final voting session, September 6, 2026 (opens the original)
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On September 6, 2026, the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran elected Mahnaz Maimanat as its new Secretary-General. The PMOI selects its Secretary-General through a three-stage election process involving progressively broader participation within the organization. In the first round, members of the Central Council take part in the selection, followed in the second round by officials and cadres from different sections of the organization. Both stages are conducted by secret ballot. The proces
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