BLOG SERIES – IRAN IN TRANSITION: THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS NO MORE WHILE IT LIVES ON

By Mahdi Ghodsi – 24 May 2023

Welcome to the third edition of Clingendael’s blog ‘Iran in transition’ that tracks different dimensions of the evolution of protests and governance in Iran. In our previous blog, Hamidreza Azizi and Erwin van Veen examined Iran’s foreign relations with regard to the transitional state the country has entered into since the 2022/2023 protests. In this blog, Madhi Ghodsi takes a hard look at the economic performance of Iran’s ruling elites and analyses some of its effects on livelihoods, social justice and protests.

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