{"id":329686,"date":"2025-03-21T17:15:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329686"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:41:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:41:47","slug":"irans-regime-rings-in-the-new-year-with-fear-not-festivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/irans-regime-rings-in-the-new-year-with-fear-not-festivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Regime Rings in the New Year with Fear, Not Festivity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Iranian regime\u2019s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei delivers his Nowruz speech on March 20, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Three-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a rare moment of candor, the head of Iran\u2019s ruling clerical dictatorship, Ali Khamenei, opened the new Iranian year with a televised message that more closely resembled a list of national catastrophes than a New Year\u2019s address. Comparing the current situation to the volatile and turbulent year of 1981, Khamenei acknowledged the regime\u2019s profound instability, both at home and across the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvents in the year 1403 were like those of 1360 [1981],\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cIt was a year full of incidents, difficulties, and hardships for our dear people.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the regime\u2019s official calendar, each new year is branded with a theme. But despite the collapse of every economic promise made in recent years, Khamenei again resorted to a hollow slogan: \u201cInvestment for Production.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cOur major issue again this year is the economy,\u201d he declared. \u201cWhat I expect from the government, officials, and our dear people is once again an economic matter. It is related to investment in the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n