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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 473

Iranian economy

An Iranian security guard sits in the Safavieh Bazaar in the capital Tehran on December 17, 2024, after a decision by the Tehran Chamber of Trade Unions and Guilds to limit opening hours in an attempt to tackle severe energy shortages in the country. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
December 22, 2024, 3:29 am
Iran plagued by energy crisis partially caused by strikes attributed to Israel
Outdated and underfunded energy sector’s problems further compounded by depleted gas reserves caused by attack on two major pipelines back in February
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Iranians cross a road under a billboard bearing portraits of the late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R) and the current Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the capital Tehran on August 27, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
December 15, 2024, 3:59 am
Iran currency slips to new lows amid tensions with West
Rial drops to 756,000 against US dollar amid standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program and fears Trump will reimpose sanctions when he enters White House
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A banner depicting the a flying missile with text in Persian reading "I will not abandon my homeland" is displayed along a street in central Tehran on April 15, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
April 16, 2024, 9:18 am
Iranians brace for potential Israeli strikes amid fears for economy, anger at regime
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel saw the rial plunge, people stocking up on supplies; Revolutionary Guards forced to warn public against pro-Israel posts on social media
By Parisa Hafezi
Left: US President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 10, 2023 (SAUL LOEB / AFP); Right: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaking before students and clerics during a rally in Tehran on July 12, 2023. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
September 10, 2023, 5:55 pm
US, Iran may begin moving forward with prisoner swap next week — report
$6 billion in frozen Iranian funds said expected to reach Qatar within days, triggering mutual release of inmates; Iran will be able to access money only for humanitarian purchases
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and then-US vice president Joe Biden, in Jerusalem on March 9, 2010. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)
August 15, 2023, 12:56 am
US-Iran deal doesn’t mean full nuclear pact is next — but it shows Israel’s limits
Iran has little reason to run toward a new deal now, but prisoner agreement last week underscores that the Netanyahu government has minimal influence on Washington’s Iran policy
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 30, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
August 12, 2023, 11:27 pm
PM scorns US-Iran deal unfreezing Iranian assets in exchange for release of prisoners
Netanyahu says Israel opposes any deal with Iran that doesn’t include dismantlement of nuclear program, arguing that any funds Tehran receives will be funneled to militias
By Jacob Magid
Iranian students burn a US flag during a demonstration denouncing the burning in Sweden of the Quran, Islam's holy book, in front of Swedish embassy in Tehran on July 21, 2023. (AFP)
August 12, 2023, 9:23 am
What’s behind the tentative US-Iran agreement involving prisoners and frozen funds
Deal could see the release of five US-Iranian citizens held by Tehran in exchange for release several billion dollars in frozen Iranian funds held by South Korea
By Jon Gambrell and Matthew Lee
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps are seen at an annual military parade in front of the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran on September 22, 2014. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi/File)
May 2, 2023, 7:35 pm
Revolutionary Guard has taken over Iran’s economy, secret files said to show
Opposition group provides UK’s The Times with memos showing how powerful unit is involved in key aspects of country’s finances; analyst talks of IRGC plan to target global Jewry
By ToI Staff
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi looks on during a joint press conference with his Russian and Turkish counterparts following their summit in Tehran, July 19, 2022. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
August 2, 2022, 9:09 am
One year in office, Iran’s Raisi faces severe economic challenges
Iran remains hit by biting sanctions that keep it isolated from global financial systems; rising prices have driven protests in several Iranian cities in recent months
By Ahmad Parhizi
The UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral sanctions Alena Douhan, speaks during her news conference in Tehran, Iran, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo)
May 18, 2022, 11:27 pm
UN expert calls to lift ‘devastating’ US sanctions on Iran
Alena Douhan says measures, put in place after Washington’s withdrawal from nuclear deal, worsen humanitarian situation in Islamic Republic and are ‘violation of international law’
By AFP
Illustrative: Iranian protesters gather around a burning car during a demonstration against an increase of gasoline prices, in the capital Tehran, November 16, 2019. (AFP)
May 14, 2022, 8:43 pm
1 reported killed in Iran unrest over government price hikes on basic goods
Iranian MP says man was killed during recent protests in Khuzestan province, without giving details; 20 demonstrators said arrested
By AFP
Illustrative: Students and their teacher at the Hashtroudi school in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, September 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
February 1, 2022, 7:50 pm
Thousands of Iranian teachers stage strike in protest over pay
Protesters call to align teachers’ salaries with those of other public sector employees and rail against slow implementation of pension reforms
By AFP
A gas station is seen standing empty because the pumps are out of service, in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
November 2, 2021, 8:10 pm
Iran says national fuel network up and running, week after major cyber attack
Authorities say country’s 4,300 service stations now fully working, after system that allows Iranians to fill their tanks for free or at subsidized prices was blocked
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police officers clash with Arab Israeli rioters in Ramle in central Israel, on May 10, 2021.(Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 31, 2021, 2:57 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 31 – How Israel thinks the next conflict will be different
Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross on the IDF simulation of a new war alongside domestic strife; and editor David Horovitz on Israeli hopes from the Glasgow climate conference
By ToI Staff
Cars and motorbikes line up to fill up at a service station in Iran's capital Tehran, on October 26, 2021, amid a nationwide disruption of the gas distribution system. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
October 31, 2021, 5:02 am
Iran official blames Israel, US for cyberattack that crippled gas stations
Head of civil defense, however, says technical investigation still ongoing; Iran’s president had stopped short of assigning blame
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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