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Iran’s leaders are trying to portray the Islamic republic as heading in the right direction, using the recent truce with Saudi Arabia as an example, and by assuring the beleaguered Iranian business community that a new agreement on its nuclear program is on the horizon. Reviving the JCPOA will attra

The possibility of pension fund bankruptcy looms large in Iran, portending a major and unprecedented threat to Iran’s economy and society.An Iranian government official recently elaborated on the severity of the pension funds crisis. He compared it to the Greek economic crisis of the past decade, wh

Iran’s steel industry, once seen as formidable in the region, is lagging behind that of neighbouring countries. Although Iran has steadily increased its steel output in the past two decades, the industry has not kept up with the technological advances deployed elsewhere in the region. As a result, I

The reluctance of Iranian leaders to the global energy transition, which has seen other fossil fuel-rich nations invest heavily in renewable energy infrastructure, leaves the country exposed to major economic shocks.The so-called Energy Transition is especially prevalent in OECD countries, which inc

Double-digit inflation rates have left the Iranian government struggling to pay pensions to eligible citizens. As a solution, the Director General of Social Insurance of Iran’s Ministry of Labour Sajjad Padam recently suggested the government may need to sell its assets such as Kish & Qeshm Isla

Every year since 1979, the Victory Anniversary of the Revolution ceremony has been held on February 11th (22 Bahman in the Iranian calendar). This ceremony has been the subject of endless debate and controversy between supporters and opponents of the political system. About 97% of respondents d

Iran Open Data’s investigation shows a large numerical discrepancy between macroeconomic data reported by the Central Bank and the Statistical Center of Iran. Over the past two years, for example, the difference between their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculations is about 2 quadrillion Tomans (a

The percentage of people who bought Valentine's Day gifts for someone in 2022 was about 12% less than the previous year, findings from an Iran Open Data poll on Valentine's Day show. About 26% of participants say they bought a gift for someone on this day in 2022. 57% of participants say that neithe

In five auctions that took place in the second half of the year 1401 (2022-2023), the Property Department of the Mostazafan Foundation offered approximately 340 real estate units worth a base value of 14 trillion Tomans (about $259 billion, at an exchange rate of 54,100 Tomans/$1) for sale, an Iran

At the peak of the social and economic crisis, official reports indicate an unprecedented decline in domestic tourism in Iran. The latest report, published by the Iranian Statistical Center, shows that the number of domestic trips in 2021 decreased to a fourth of the domestic trips taken in the spri

Some 93% of Iranians have seriously considered emigrating, a recent poll by Iran Open Data suggests. About half the respondents say they have taken practical steps to emigrate themselves. Those with university education are more likely to have taken steps to emigrate than those without university ed

At Iran Open Data, we have been working to make resources about open data and access to information available to open data advocates in Iran. The following blog post from the Transparency Lab report titled ‘Transparency, Corruption and Accountability in Iran’ is one of the resources we have made ava