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How the U.S. Energy Transition Diminished Iran’s Long-Term Negotiating Power March 30, 2023
In terms of energy security, the United States and Iran have moved in opposite directions in the past 18 years. In its move toward LNG self sufficiency, the United States has transformed itself from a major importer to a net exporter, while Iran’s...
Iran Lags Behind in Global Green Energy Development March 27, 2023
The global energy scene is changing at a rapid pace and Iran is falling behind, with no signs of a potential recovery. Most of the new investments in the energy sector around the world need to demonstrate compliance with the International Energy...
Iran Ranks Among World's Top Polluting Nations March 15, 2023
Iran’s recent ranking by international watchdog groups as the sixth-largest carbon-emitting country in the world is striking, as the country is relatively small compared to the other nine developing or industrialized nations that also appear in the...
Every 14 hours: This Winter Marks a Record Number of Executions in the Islamic Republic March 13, 2023
The number of executions in Iran has increased by 24% since the beginning of winter compared to the average of the last 15 years, an Iran Open Data investigation shows. The average execution rate in the Islamic Republic was one execution every 17...
Iran’s Current Crisis Dwarves Previous Currency Shocks March 10, 2023
Iran’s national currency lost more than half its value during the March 2022 to March 2023 period. The value of the U.S. dollar in Iran’s currency market was around 26,000 Tomans in March of 2022, but increased to around 60,000 Tomans in March 2023. ...
School Dropouts in Iran: 1 of Every 11 Female Students March 8, 2023
Recently released official statistics show that 6% of students, or one in every 16, drop out of school. This number reaches 20% (1 of every 5 students) in the second half of secondary school. Iran Open Data’s estimates show that this ratio rises to...
Poll: 63% Hear Swearing and Profanity Daily March 6, 2023
In Iran Open Data’s recent poll about profanity, 63% of respondents said they hear “a lot” of curse words daily. About 43% stated they themselves use “a lot” of profanity daily. About 77% stated they were on the receiving end of obscene and sexual...
Poll: 80% of Iranians Have Been Harassed in Public March 1, 2023
Iran Open Data’s poll shows 8 out of 10 respondents experienced catcalling and physical harassment. The highest number of catcalling incidents occurred in commercial, recreational, and administrative locations. The highest number of physical...
A Fifth of Iran’s New Budget Goes to “Maintaining Public Order and Security” February 23, 2023
In the 2023 fiscal budget, the Islamic Republic allocates about a fifth of the total of its monetary resources to defense and maintaining “public order and security”. These resources are funded by oil exports, auctioning off government assets, levying...
Economic Cost of Internet Disruptions Estimated at Up To $4.8 Billion February 7, 2023
The damage caused to the Iranian economy by the Internet disruptions of the last four months is estimated at tens of trillions of Tomans. The directors of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce announced, at the end of October last year, that the direct loss...
How Iran Lost its Clout on World Energy Markets February 3, 2023
Despite Iran’s record levels of oil and gas reserves, the country is losing its strategic position in the global energy security scene due to its poor performance as an exporter, comparative data shows. In terms of hydrocarbon reserves, Iran has the...
What’s in the Toxic Mix of Iran’s Polluted Air? February 2, 2023
Chronic air pollution has smothered Iranian cities for decades, portending potentially fatal health effects for its residents and an unresolved conundrum for the government. Experts generally assess air pollution as a complex issue caused by multiple...
The energy insecurity of Iran’s gas hub February 1, 2023
In terms of energy supply, the small Persian Gulf coastal town of Asalouyeh is both Iran’s strategic strong point and its greatest vulnerability. Located in the Bushehr province, east of the Strait of Hormoz, Asalouyeh has been reshaped by the...
Iran’s Pipe Dream to Export Gas to Europe January 26, 2023
The European Union’s sanctions on Russian gas imports in reaction to that country’s invasion of Ukraine last year rekindled Iran’s long-standing ambitions to export natural gas to Europe. But these ambitions were yet again thwarted by Iran’s...
Why gas-rich Iran fails to provide heating to its households January 24, 2023
Gas heating supply cuts have become a recurring theme in Iran for the past several winters, with the government regularly recommending that households turn off their heaters for 6 or more hours per day. For many, this is an inexplicable situation in a...
Iran’s nuclear power contributes little to its energy needs January 22, 2023
Iran’s controversial nuclear program provides the country with less than 1% of its electricity, even as its citizens bear the burden of crippling economic sanctions targeted at controversial nuclear enrichment its leaders maintain is for power...
Level of Participation in the 2022 Protests January 19, 2023
About 60% of respondents to Iran Open Data’s December 2022 survey stated they participated in last year’s nationwide protests, which were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in Morality Police custody. Men said they participated in...
The Islamic Republic’s Oil Deal with China Costs Iran $84 Million per Week in Lost Sales January 11, 2023
Iran’s strategic alliance with China is costing the Islamic republic $84 million per week in lost oil sales, according to Iran Open Data’s analysis of oil industry figures. Two recent global developments, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the...
Poll: Iranians Report Low Participation in Charitable Work December 16, 2022
An Iran Open Data poll shows that Iranian people are seldom involved in charitable activities. Although 75% of the poll takers state they have made material or non-material charitable contributions, less than a fifth of them are members of charitable...
Data Call: Women defying hijab in Iran December 13, 2022
According to a recent Iran Open Data poll, 8 out of every 10 women have been in public without hijab in the last one or two months. But nearly 90% of them state that they sometimes, or always, carry a scarf or a shawl with them. Although 70% of women...
The Weapons the Iranian Government Uses Against Protesters December 8, 2022
Statistics published by human rights activists indicate that at least 448 people, including 63 children, lost their lives in the first 70 days of the protests in Iran. As of November 28th, 6 people, including children, were being killed by government...