“A Sick Economy Can Only Be Treated by Changing the Decision-Maker”

As Iran’s economic and social indicators continue to deteriorate, it has become clear that the crisis is no longer about figures or temporary market fluctuations. It has become a direct reflection of a structural flaw in the nature of the ruling system itself. Runaway inflation, collapsing purchasing power, expanding poverty, and the erosion of trust between society and the state all confirm that Iran’s economy has become a direct victim of a political system built on repression, corruption, and monopolization of wealth.

Ali Reza Sedaghat, economic analyst and opponent of the Iranian regime, said: “Iran’s economy today resembles a sick body on an operating table. All indicators confirm that the problem is not a temporary administrative crisis or a limited economic miscalculation, but a political structure that places the survival of the regime and its security and military apparatus above people’s livelihoods and basic needs.”

Sedaghat emphasized that “the admission by some regime-affiliated media that treating the economy requires changing the decision-maker itself shows that the crisis has reached a level that can no longer be concealed. When money printing, borrowing from the central bank, and chronic budget deficits become permanent tools of state management, the inevitable result is rising inflation, deeper poverty, and a broader collapse of public trust.”

He added: “The regime has turned the wealth of the Iranian people into fuel for its wars of survival, whether through financing repressive institutions, military projects, or foreign interventions. In return, the Iranian citizen pays the price through food, medicine, education, and future prospects.”

Sedaghat explained that “the December 2025 and January 2026 uprisings revealed that the economic crisis can no longer be separated from the political crisis. Citizens have understood that poverty, unemployment, and currency collapse are not economic fate, but the direct result of a ruling system that plunders wealth and blocks accountability.”

He noted that “the misery index reaching dangerous levels in several Iranian regions reflects the depth of the regime’s social failure. When unemployment coincides with inflation and basic services collapse, society enters a stage of explosive tension.”

Sedaghat added that “the reformist promises offered by Pezeshkian’s government or any other faction cannot address the core of the crisis, because the problem is not a particular economic team or government, but an entire system built on monopoly, corruption, and the IRGC’s domination of the economy.”

He concluded: “The Iranian street has become increasingly aware that genuine economic welfare cannot be achieved under this regime. Iran does not need new financial patches; it needs fundamental change that places the country’s wealth at the service of the people and establishes a democratic republic based on transparency, social justice, and popular sovereignty.”