A hospital nurse is paid a fixed monthly salary of 130 million rials, approximately $140 based on current exchange rates, or ...

In one year, between 2020 and 2021, the number of people living in poverty in Iran doubled — a problem authorities have blamed on the sanctions the international community has placed on Iran due ...

This is called the Purchasing Power Parity exchange rate, which several international organizations compute for all countries, including Iran. Unfortunately, many researchers who work on living ...

This momentous period in history heralds the demise of religious despotism in Tehran, the disintegration of the regime of the corrupt, terrorist mullahs.

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“Why should we live in such extreme poverty? Why should I be unemployed ... not a single one is under $200 or at least $300,” with only 1% of Iran’s population being able to afford such ...

Panama's government has released dozens of migrants from around the world who were deported from the U.S. The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in ...