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  • Essay / Iran: one of the richest countries in the world

    IntroductionIran is undoubtedly one of the richest countries in the world. With its enormous oil, gas and other natural resources, combined with its young population and access to open sea (across the Persian Gulf), one would think that the country has significant growth and no problems of poverty and unemployment. After the 1979 revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini, the opposition leader, became the country's leader and amended the Iranian Constitution, creating an Islamic republic government. Under this new hierarchy, which will be explained later, the country was supposed to have an independent congress, president and judicial department, to avoid corruption and mismanagement of wealth. Before 2005, with Khatami's presidency, despite all the difficulties, the Iranian economy began to recover. grow and reached 5% according to the Iranian Central Bank. The most important thing to note is that during these years the price of crude oil had fallen to $40 per barrel XXX and GDP growth, for the first time in its history, did not depend on exports of oil and gas. In 2005, under the presidency of Ahmadinejad, close to the supreme guide, everything changed for the country. During the first four years of his presidency, the price of oil reached an all-time high and revenue from oil and gas exports during these four years was higher than all of Iran's imports to date XXX . During the second round of his presidency, Iran faced tough challenges. sanctions from Western countries because of its nuclear development projects. On the other hand, the lack of knowledge and mismanagement of the new governor's team day after day, making bad decisions, is causing the economy to fall. Many decisions and bad actions were made in these 8 years, such as productive and fast small businesses, economic development...... middle of paper ...... rd-for-jailed-journalists .php). As a result, it is not possible to rely on the reports and figures reported by his office. Although the reports are unreliable, the new government has reported completely different numbers that show how bad the economy is. However, after 9 months of Rouhani's mandate, no reliable reporting system is in place. The country now has a negative growth rate and high levels. liquidity (which is absorbed by real estate and currency exchanges and not by production), inflation and unemployment must be resolved by the new president Hassan Rouhani, but the real question remains unanswered, even if Rouhani resolves everything and the economy and growth come back to normal, is it guaranteed that the president after him will make rational decisions, or is it time to change the way politicians can influence the economy and give it a certain freedom ?