{"id":338298,"date":"2025-10-17T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=338298"},"modified":"2025-10-17T16:38:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T15:38:50","slug":"irans-imploding-economy-exposes-a-regime-beyond-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/irans-imploding-economy-exposes-a-regime-beyond-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s Imploding Economy Exposes a Regime Beyond Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A torrent of revelations from within the clerical regime\u2019s own institutions has torn away the last pretense of economic management in Tehran. What emerges is a portrait of a collapsing kleptocracy \u2014 one that prints money without backing, loots public wealth, and extracts revenue from the poorest citizens to fund its own survival.<\/p>\n

Confessions of Plunder and Fiscal Anarchy<\/h2>\n

Two former Central Bank chiefs under former President Hassan Rouhani have publicly admitted to the regime\u2019s systematic theft and reckless monetary manipulation. This week,
Valiollah Seif revealed<\/a> that Rouhani personally ordered the unlimited sale of Iran\u2019s gold reserves, dismissing warnings that the treasury would be empty within two years. \u201cI\u2019ll only be here two years more,\u201d Rouhani reportedly told him \u2014 a confession that the ruling elite treats national wealth as a personal contingency fund.<\/p>\n

His successor, Abdolnasser Hemmati, disclosed<\/a> that the government injected more than 200 trillion tomans of unbacked liquidity into the economy, effectively printing money out of thin air. This, he admitted, had no productive basis \u2014 a desperate bid to delay fiscal collapse at the cost of hyperinflation.<\/p>\n

These statements confirm what economists and Iranians have long known: the clerical regime\u2019s financial policies are not miscalculations but acts of survival by rulers who view the economy as expendable. The resulting inflation, corruption, and currency collapse are the logical outcomes of a system built on unaccountable power.<\/p>\n

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#Iran<\/a>\u2019s Collapsing Economy: Corruption, Price Hikes, and a Regime Feeding on Its Peoplehttps:\/\/t.co\/XqTwJ8kT7S<\/a><\/p>\n

— NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) October 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n