Iran Sanctions Trigger Economic Chaos, Food Shortages And Protests
Western sanctions against Iran’s oil industry have triggered an economic crisis: crowds gathered outside currency exchanges, the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) threatened to resign, and interest rates and prices leapt, closing firms. Hoarding of goods and ships refusing to unload imported cargo have interrupted supply chains. The chaos – less than two months before a parliamentary election – has...
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