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Iran’s parliament fires minister of finance over plummeting rial, mismanagement

The Islamic Republic of Iran has no diplomatic relations with Canada and remains isolated from the western world.
Iran faces a 32 percent inflation rate, significantly affected by Western sanctions.
Despite a violent crackdown on protests in 2022, many Iranian women are resisting strict dress code laws and pushing for change.
Iranian filmmakers are challenging morality laws by screening films domestically and submitting them to international festivals.

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Jerusalem Post

Iran impeaches economy minister over accusations

The dismissal comes just six months after President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government took office, intensifying the debate over the nation’s deepening economic crisis.

6 hours ago·Jerusalem, Israel

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The Globe & Mail

The ‘quiet rebellion’ underway in Iran

The Globe’s Geoffrey York was a rare Canadian journalist inside a — warily, slowly, quietly, but rebelliously — changing Iran

10 hours ago·Canada

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The Express Tribune

Iran's finance minister sacked over economic woes

Iran's parliament sacked the country's finance minister on Sunday after impeaching him over soaring inflation and a plunging currency, state television reported. Economy and Finance Minister Abdolnaser Hemmati lost a vote of confidence, with 182 of 273 parliamentarians present backing his removal. On the black market on Sunday, the Iranian rial was trading at more than 920,000 to the US dollar, compared with less than 600,000 in mid-2024. Earlie…

19 hours ago·Pakistan

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n-tv.de

A setback for moderate forces: Iran's Vice-President throws away after the resignation of the Minister of Finance

Iran is in an enormous economic crisis. Inflation explodes. Hardliners in parliament dismiss the Minister of Economic Affairs. The moderate President Peseshkian has to register a further departure a little later. His vice withdraws from disappointment.

20 hours ago

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Clarin

Crisis in Iran: Parliament kicked out the Minister of Economy for currency collapse and mismanagement

The decision came amid growing tensions over the Iranian nuclear program and worsening relations with the West.The country's economy has been severely affected by international sanctions, especially after the United States withdrew from the 2015 nuclear agreement.

22 hours ago·Buenos Aires, Argentina

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