Two-minute read The clerical regime in Tehran is confronting a crisis of political and economic paralysis, exemplified by a disastrous policy reversal in Kerman province. On August 13, 2026, authorities launched a trial fuel scheme pricing gasoline at a refinery-cost rate of 87,200 tomans per liter, only to cancel it hours later following immediate public hostility. This rapid retreat followed an explicit admission on August 8, 2026, by the regime's...