VOL. XLI

No. 13

30-March-1998

IRAN

The Iranian Economy: Challenges Ahead For The New Administration

The following paper on the Iranian economy was written by Mr. Fereydoun Barkeshli,an Iranian oil expert currently with the Tehran-based Institute for International EnergyStudies.

Most of the history of modern economic development in Iran before and after the Islamicrevolution has been characterized by import-substituting industrialization (ISI). Inparticular the post-revolutionary administration...