The Trump administration launched its “Economic Fury” campaign to hobble Iran’s economy with sanctions more than a month ago.
Iran's economy was fragile before the war. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, a professor of economics at Virginia Tech, about the current state of the country's economy.
The struggles of Iran's economy are testing its ability to withstand the war and defy Washington’s demands.
CAIRO (AP) — In the heartland of Iran’s famed carpet-making industry, manufacturing has ground to a near halt. Dairies struggle to find packages for milk and butter. Giant steel mills that once ...
The conflict in the Middle East is plunging an already fragile Iranian economy into freefall. The International Monetary Fund estimates that the Iranian economy will shrink by 6.1% in 2026.
The government’s shutdown has been in place for nearly three months, threatening millions of jobs.
It operates through two completely separate economic systems, and this distinction explains why decades of sanctions, ...
Jobs stall and prices surge amid Trump’s Iran-fueled economic turmoil - The Labor Department reported Thursday that new claims for jobless aid for the week ending May 16 fell by 3,000 to 209,000 ...