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Jan 2022
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Iran’s economy won’t collapse, but futur...

Al-monitor
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Bijan Khajehpour, managing partner at Eurasian Nexus Partners and Al-Monitor columnist, explains how Iran’s economic potential, and the prospects for foreign investment, depend on sanctions relief which would result from a nuclear deal; Raisi’s progress on COVID vaccinations; Iran’s relationships with Russia and China; and an update on Siamak Namazi, unjustly detained six years in Iran.


https://amwaj.media/article/budget-1401

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/12/how-feasible-raisis-economic-roadmap-iran

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/01/irans-days-rage-soleimani-anniversary-have-their-limits


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