{"id":26804,"date":"2019-10-28T19:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T19:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/economy\/26804-iran-s-regime-edges-to-the-brink-as-the-economy-collapses-ncri-s-ali-safavi"},"modified":"2023-01-21T01:42:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T00:42:53","slug":"iran-s-regime-edges-to-the-brink-as-the-economy-collapses-ncri-s-ali-safavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-s-regime-edges-to-the-brink-as-the-economy-collapses-ncri-s-ali-safavi\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Edges to the Brink as the Economy Collapses \u2013 NCRI\u2019s Ali Safavi"},"content":{"rendered":"<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-54261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/Ali-Safavi.jpg\" alt=\"Iran\u2019s Regime Edges to the Brink as the Economy Collapses\" title=\"Ali Safavi member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)\" width=\"800\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ali-Safavi.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ali-Safavi-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ali-Safavi-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ali-Safavi-696x412.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<p>Confronted with Washington\u2019s \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign, and facing international isolation, Iranian regime officials desperately want to depict an image of strength.<\/p>\n<p> But, in reality, the regime has never been as vulnerable and fragile as it is today, argues Dr. Ali Safavi of &#8216;s Regime Would Need Oil at $195 a Barrel Next Year to Balance Budget: IMF  <\/p>\n<p> \u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy)  regime&#8217;s : Terrorism | Iranian Regime Aggression  <\/p>\n<p> \u2014 NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1188934901573259265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The largest portion of state revenues and expenses are monopolized by Khamenei and the IRGC in order to pursue their parochial interests and destructive policies that are completely divergent from the Iranian people\u2019s interests.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Political Corruption Causing Economic <strong><strong>Devastation<strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the value of the national currency has dropped by a half in less than a year and tens of billions of dollars are taken out of Iran annually by regime officials and their associates, Dr. Safavi pointed out, adding: Meanwhile, the regime\u2019s central bank continues to swell the money supply \u2013 triggering further inflation \u2013 by printing more bills to address short term demands without paying mind to strategic needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Domestic production has hit rock bottom, causing an \u201carmy of the unemployed.\u201d Over the past decade, 50% to 70% of the country\u2019s factories have closed down after being transferred to incompetent \u201cprivate\u201d owners, typically entities controlled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-fundamentalism\/26746-widespread-presence-of-iranian-regime-s-irgc-quds-force-in-iraq-under-diplomatic-cover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IRGC<\/a>, who plunder the assets and quickly divest. Well-established brand names in the manufacturing, textile, lumber, and agricultural sectors are among the casualties, leaving millions unemployed, according to state-run media reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To this situation, one must add the real threat to the regime\u2019s survival:\u00a0 The explosive state of Iranian society, which is the source of the mullahs\u2019 paranoia. They fear that economic pressure could trigger another popular uprising, which would not be contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the ranks of the impoverished continue to swell in Iran and the middle class gets further decimated because of the mullahs\u2019 corrupt and disastrous regional and domestic policies. The situation has led to increasing public outrage, percolating in the form of daily protests across the country. Most recently, thousands of protesters in the town of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/iran-resistance\/26785-iran-protest-by-residents-of-chenar-mahmoudi-village-in-lordegan?highlight=WyJsb3JkZWdhbiIsImxvcmRlZ2FuJ3MiXQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lordegan <\/a>clashed with security forces, chanting \u201cdeath to the dictator\u201d and setting fire to the Governor\u2019s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Like embers burning beneath the ashes, millions of disenchanted people are lurking in the streets, awaiting the right moment to rise up. And the Resistance Units of the main opposition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/pmoi-mek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)<\/a> are hard at work organizing them. Sooner than anyone can imagine, that could result in only one outcome: the downfall of a medieval theocracy that does not belong to the 21st century, but to the dustbins of history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confronted with Washington&rsquo;s &ldquo;maximum pressure&rdquo; campaign, and facing international isolation, Iranian regime officials desperately want to depict an image of strength. 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