Marred by a troubled history of supply disruption, the deal Iran signed last year to export gas to its neighbour Turkey may not be possible to realise.Iranian and Turkish officials announced last July a plan to increase Iran’s gas exports from Iran to Turkey. The announcement was made after the Turk
The $40-billion agreement last year between the National Iranian Oil Company and Russia’s Gazprom may not be the agreement the Iranian government is hoping for to revamp its investment-needy energy sector.In November 2021, local media quoted Oil Minister Javad Oji as stressing that Iran's oil and ga
In a recent speech at the Iranian Association of Chemical Engineering, Malek Shariati Niasar, an MP and a member of the Iranian Parliament’s Energy Commission, criticised the lack of accountability for the sale of LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) in Iran. He complained that the National Iranian Oil Ref
While members of Ebrahim Raisi's government insist that Iran's economy has been growing during his presidency, official statistics paint a different picture.1. Growth rate falls below 4 percentA report by the Statistical Center of Iran that analyses economic developments in the spring of 2022, publi
The tens of thousands of arrests that followed the widespread protests that erupted in Iran last September following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died while in Morality Police custody have brought public attention to the Iranian General Directorate of Prisons, which admi
Following the September death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, at the hands of Iran’s Morality Police, protesters in Iran are publically calling for the controversial police unit to be disbanded. But where does the Morality Police’s funding come from, and how much does it cost the countr
Iran Open Data’s research shows that in 2022, at least 1.42 trillion Tomans (about $26 million, at the exchange rate of 52,650 Tomans/$1) from the government’s general budget is spent on holding the Arba’een parade. This number is twice the budget allocation for Providing for Housing Development Inf
About 85% of women and 79% of men stated that they were in a romantic relationship, an Iran Open Data poll shows. According to the results of this poll, parents are more opposed to their daughters having a romantic relationship than to their sons having one. Also, more women than men said they would
The purchasing of homes by Iranians in Turkey has now reached one-seventh of the total number of housing purchases in Tehran. Analysis of data from the Turkish Statistical Center and the Iranian Central Bank of data shows that for every 7 houses traded in Tehran, Iranians buy one house in Turkey.Fro
In recent months, as the Russia-Ukraine war rages on and supplies of petroleum products become more critical for consuming nations, refinery margins around the globe have increased (i.e. operational profitability of oil refineries have improved). This increase has been particularly evident in South-
One of the key characteristics of the Iranian regime for the past four decades has been its fondness for crisis management. The Islamic Republic seems to thrive on wrestling with crises rather than planning for the future. In fact, the Iranian Government’s planning department was shut down for many
More than 75% of respondents to an Iran Open Data poll said they have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. Of those polled, 26% said they attempted suicide in the previous year. Men attempt suicide more than women, the poll suggests, while singles attempt suicide more than married peop
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