Three-minute read Iran’s clerical regime is confronting a dangerous convergence of economic collapse, spreading protests and internal fractures that could trigger a more radical uprising than the January 2026 unrest. The Statistical Center of Iran reported that economic growth in 1404 (2025-2026) reached only 0.2 percent including oil, down from 3.1 percent the previous year. Without oil, GDP contracted 0.3 percent. Agriculture fell 2.9 percent, industry 1.5 percent and water-electricity supply...