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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

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

According to official Iranian government data, from the 1979 revolution to the end of 2019, the cumulative rate of inflation in the country reached 189,000 percent. The Iranian Central Bank has not yet released the inflation rate for the year 2020, but if we rely on the rate released by the  St

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 estima

Forty-two years after the 1979 revolution, red meat production, per capita, is half of 1978.The latest data published by the Statistics Center of Iran shows that the per capita production of red meat decreased last year by 3.872 kilograms. The decline is unprecedented, as it marks the lowest product

The practice of setting minimum wage in Iran goes back to almost half a century ago. The government measure was aimed at guaranteeing the purchasing power of a group of people who have traditionally had the lowest income levels. But currently the income value and the purchasing power of Iranian work

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 Open Data Charter (Author: Delfina Grinspan and Jesse Worker) is one of the resources we have made available in Persian. This pos

For the last 100 years, the petroleum industry has been Iran’s main source of revenue, and it is likely to retain that position for decades to come. However, as with everything else in Iran over the last four decades, the 1979 revolution and the global reaction to Islamic Republic’s foreign policies

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 Open Contracting Charter (Author: Marisa Miodosky and María Eugenia Lago) is one of the resources we have made available in Persi

Officials in Tehran call the Headquarters for the Restoration of Holy Shrines (HRHS) a charitable organization that helps rebuild and maintain the shrines of Shia Imams and other religious sites across several countries including Iraq and Syria. The agency falls under the auspices of the Iranian Rev

In most countries, energy consumption is an indicator of economic development. That is to say, the higher the energy consumption, the bigger the economic development. Iran, however, is an exception to this general rule. The Iranian government data shows that in recent years an exponential growth in

 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 residen