In mid-January 2021, several major cities in Iran experienced power outages and widespread blackouts. Officials at the time attributed these blackouts to a variety of factors. Some blamed bitcoin mining and natural gas shortages while others blamed rising electricity consumption of the residential
Last November, the Iranian government set the price for a COVID-19 test at 238,000 Tomans ($56.5) in government hospitals and 302,000 Tomans ($71.7) in private clinics. But Iran Open Data’s research shows that many people, in practice, have paid between two and three times that. IOD also estimates t
The Al-Mustafa International University (MIU) is a non-transparent organization under the leadership of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. In the wake of fresh US sanctions, its name has been repeatedly mentioned in the media.Iran says the Al-Mustafa International University is "training mu
Iran Open Data research reveals the new dimensions of the economic activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters. According to research, this economic giant, affiliated with the Office of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, has almost exclusive con
In religious literature, Khatam al-Anbiya and Khatam al-Awsiya are among the titles of the Prophet of Islam. But in the Iranian economy each of these titles are the equivalent of the billions that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) receives from national revenue funds. Iran Open Data resea
The Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarters (KAA) is an organization that is heavily involved in all aspects of Iran's economy, so much so that some say it should be called an Infrastructure Empire within the Iranian regime. The KAA has long been suspected of threatening and intimidating private
In recent weeks, Iran has faced a shortage of cooking oil, which has led to a steep price increase. This is while the Iranian government, according to Iran Open Data research, has allocated more than its allocation for importing medicine, heavily subsidized at the government discounted rate of 4,200
According to Iranian government statistics, nearly half of the nation’s unemployed possess university degrees. Data from the year 2019 shows that thousands of university graduates, including those with master's and doctoral degrees, have turned to driving freight and passenger vehicles as a source o
Iran’s official statistics show that the budget for religious institutions is about six times higher than its allocation for artistic and cultural heritage. For example, the budget for the construction of the tomb of the Ayatollah Khomeini is 3.5 times higher than the total 30-year maintenance budge
43 billion, 885 million, 855 thousand and 24 dollars. This is roughly the value of foreign exchange reserves that the Central Bank of Iran, according to its most recent report, has offered to more than 14 thousand individual and legal persons at the price of 4200 Tomans, over the course of two years
Dozens of holdings owned by the wealthy Modallel and Paidar families have received billions of dollars at a government subsidized rate, according to Iranian Central Bank's latest data. Additionally, in the past two years millions of dollars have been given to thousands of "quasi-government" entitie
A "prescription drug mafia" in Iran controls the import, distribution, and pricing of all pharmaceutical products, Senior Islamic Republic officials have publicly declared in recent years. The Health Minister, Saeed Namaki, for example in July 2019 plainly said that operatives of the purported netwo
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