Iran

The Rage of the Poor in Iran

10 January 2018 - by Araz Bağban

The protests against the high cost of living in the cities of Khorasan province on December 28th soon spread to many cities of Iran incredibly quick and almost turned into a revolt within a week. The protests primarily targeted the high cost of (...)
The IMF mission to Iran expressed enthusiastic support for elimination of the universal cash transfer

7 January 2018 - by Peter Bakvis

Some colleagues will have seen the communiqué issued by the ITUC on Thursday concerning the widespread protests in Iran, underscoring the “spiralling inflation and the continued decline in real incomes” in the country (see the full comuniqué (...)