Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 22

1-Jun-2009

IRAN

President Ahmadinejad Says Economy Is Growing Despite Global Downturn

Candidates contesting the forthcoming Iranian presidential elections on 12 June have once again focused on the economy in their campaigns. While President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to dismiss criticism of his economic policies and poor economic performance, his main reformist challenger and former prime minister Mir Hossein Mussavi maintains that the poor state of...