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#22 Babak Yektafar on the Economic Situation in Iran and What Drives Regime Policies
#22 Babak Yektafar on the Economic Situation in Iran and What Drives Regime Policies
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2016
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Podcast episode
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CIPE’s Iran expert Babak Yektafar discusses the current economic situation in Iran and how the regime controls information and policies to stay in power. Yektafar talks about how the economy has been damaged through mismanagement, Iran’s entrepreneurial youth culture and their hopes for the future, and what the government needs to do to make it easier for Iranians to start and grow businesses. He also discusses the government’s control over the flow of information within the country and explains how an “Expediency Council” works to ensure the regime stays in power.
Released:
Jun 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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