@@kunalghosh8852 These revolt ideas sound so promising until they actually happen. Look at Egypt, Libya, Syria, etc. Is it better than before? Sometimes keeping the status quo is better than the alternatives.
@@kunalghosh8852 Because those who hate the regime are the minorities supported by the West and the majority like the regime and understand that the current economic situation was not caused by the regime but by the cruel sanctions imposed by the West to harm the Iranians.
@@mehranmoradi4608yeah… that’s just not true. Objectively, the strikes that cripple that country and protests in every city are not being done by “a minority” 😂
One thing you haven't talked about is huge brain drain that Iran suffers from. A lot of people fled after the 1979 revolution, and people continue to flee because of the terrible regime and poor economic conditions that the country suffers from.
True, the iranian political system is fucked up. But if you talk to Americans, they also generally hate their government, and look how angry the french are too. People hating the system is almost universal 😄
Lands of brave people , great researchers, a huge cultural History and so many resources. Lands of ancient civilizations. My best regards to people of Iran! I hope you may find peace and prosperity very soon.
Iran has been at the center of some of the worlds most prosperous and successful empires. That's not an accident. Iran has always had great potential. And when it was able to utilize it, it was the regional superpower.
True. It is now the regional superpower. Let's not forget the Saudis accepted defeat and withdrew from all regional conflicts. That includes accepting Iran's regional allies and leaving Lebanon to Iran. Good or bad, that is the reality omitted from our understanding. And we are still at the very infancy of Iran's massive expansion. Not only the North-South Corridor was just finalized, The East-West corridor going from Iran to Iraq to Syria and Lebanon just got finalized. I think the religious government will go by the way side over time.
Iran has the lowest fertility rate in the entire middle east. The bad state of the economy is what many Iranians cite as a reason for that. What's interesting is that the poorest region (Sistan & Balochistan) in Iran has the highest fertility rate inside the country. There are many poor countries in Africa, yet they have high fertility rates. Neighbouring Afghanistan has been unstable for 50 years, yet they have high fertility rates. Strange!
@@Khaled91 There's nothing strange about it. There's often a direct correlation between poverty and high fertility rates, and there are many studies that show it.
Iran probably had a crazy amount of untapped Human Resources as well. I’m always astonished to meet Iranians who I hold in very high esteem in terms of talent and intelligence.
@@Redmenace96 Only if you consider saying Canadians are nice as being racist, your fine and for one I agree have never met or heard of an Iranian person who didn't seem like a chill stand up person
@@sd4545sdfOnly for organized groups arranged by certain operators. Only a few groups have visited Iran this way. But visa for Iran is really easy to get, you just fill an online form and get your visa at the consulate. Very nice country and really nice people, I hope they will prosper in the future.
I had an Iranian Uber driver once - he was in his 70s. He told me that all he had ever wanted all his life was to own a record shop in Tehran, which he did when he was a young man. After the revolution- the islamists came and set fire to his shop and tortured him for liking music.
Those are fakes lol. I've been to Iran multiple times and I still seeing young women blasting pop/rock music in the middle of the park each day with no law enforcement ever came and arrested them
Iran has music and dance....Just that the women are not allowed to enjoy it in public...But things are changing....There is fear in the mullahs of constant uprisings....So they kind of letting some changes....
Nobody in the world can feel the frustration of having a lot potential to grow and not being able to as much as an Iranian. It pains me everyday to see all this talent go to waste. Ever since I started to understand myself and my place in the world, I became angrier ,more depressed everyday. Today I'm at a place that I'm willing to give my life in the hope of slightes change.
@@MartyFox I also believe Brazil is a nation with great potential and very bright future but the painful thing in iran is that there are a group of people who in the name of religion are bringing misery to our country.
Ive made some great friends from Iran, and it is always rough to see the mixture of pain and love in their expression/eyes when talking about home. I hope that you can all live to see the day when changes happen!
Nations need educated people to be successful, but educated people make poor loyalists to an authoritarian state. It’s either the great limiter or downfall of authoritarians
@@LD-Orbs Russia, China and Iran all have educated populations. And their regimes are holding. Sounds like this simplistic schema doesn't quite match reality.
@@ArawnOfAnnwn "Educated" doesn't just mean academic-competence. unhindered access and flow of information and communication, encouragement of competitiveness and individual initiative in a work environment, and unrestricted limitations on creativity and opinion all contribute to an intelligent and "educated" people. Russia, China, and Iran fail on some or all of those principles.
These people are getting paid to run regime propaganda by just saying pure BS no Iranian believe. We all trust US more than mullahs. I mean yeah a foreign country this is how disgusting are these people ruling over Iran.
@@secrets.295 if the stock footage provider has tagged that as "Iran", most youtubers on this planet wouldn’t be able to tell otherwise. The world doesn't revolve around us.
Yeah - it seems that the combination of an authoritarian regime, and a selfish group of oligarchs creates a "stable nightmare" with no escape, and no room for improvement, because more or less everyone who has any say in the destiny of the country has a strong incentive to prevent change.
@@rogink yes but just education is not so useful without incentives for innovation and brain drain. They have educated people but not any real products.
@@highdefinist9697 Their political system isn't all that's holding them back you know - even the video acknowledged that. Funny how comments focus on that that needs to change tho. Oh of course the US is just the nice guy who'll make it up to them if they only change their whole nation to suit it. Right... Iran can still be better aplenty right now even with its current political system if the US stopped undermining it. Plus ironically increased wealth may very well help change that system, but keeping it in poverty has achieved the opposite. Serves American geopolitical goals tho...😒
What makes all of this worse is you only get a "demographic dividend" once. Iran has a huge bulge of 30 somethings (my generation). But many fewer kids and teenagers. You need to go go go while your labor force is young. The ideal time to liberalize would have been 2000 or 2010, because then liberalization could have paired with a youth dividend to kick the economy into hyper-drive. If the people have to wait until the 2040s for real reform, that golden opportunity will be over. This is so frustrating and awful in terms of wasted human potential!!!
Even this video says Iran was the fastest growing economy in the world until 2012. That is most of the post-revolutionary period. So, they did take advantage of what you are saying without "liberalization." That doesn't get highlighted, of course.
Iran s enemy is USA , France, Great Britain. They deposed the shah when he was monopolizing the oil there and keeping it for the Iranians and not giving it away. They brought in the Ayatollahs. The people are powerless to do anything without weapons. Know ur history …
What we are seeing global inflation. I saw it in the news that most countries are all competing for parts, products, food etc. Even nations that managed their rates better are seeing major issues. The glut of money was an issue sure, but the surging demand from nation that re-opened from covid lockdowns played a larger role. Add to this pandemic-related staffing issues, Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the intentional global oil supply problems and its a nightmare.
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@Parsa_afshar my point still stands THEY DIDNT CHOOSE IT Iraq wanted oil and was scared of revolution BUT Iran DIDNT choose to go to war it was DEFENSIVE
Iran looks so beautiful, the nature and architecture there looks very nice. You add in amazing history, and Iran has a ton of potential as a tourist destination
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I'm a 28yo Iranian living in Tehran. I found most of the information in this video accurate except the one about women's employment here. Amongst my friends, most girls above the age of 20 are employed... yes, it's only anecdotal, but it's what I've observed around myself.(I have 2 sisters who are both employed, but I'm between jobs myself😂)
There is definitely a huge amount of discrimination against women who wish to work that can't be denied, for example women cannot be chosen as majority of leadership jobs at all, alongside being a judge. they also need permission from their husband to work.
'Relatively well-educated'. I would say they are extremely well-educated. Levels of education in Iran match those of developed countries. I work in Higher Education in the UK and it's impressive the number of Iranians I see coming here for postgraduate studies and a rare occasion when they don't meet the entry requirements for their desired course (they generally perform academically very well with high grades).
Even here in Sweden, Iranians are by far the most educated ethnic group in the country. Per capita Iranians exceed even Swedes in higher education. Even other countries with strong Iranian immigrant base like the US, Iranian-Americans are amongst the most highly educated ethnic groups. I work in the fields of IT, been to Silicon valley, pretty much most of the current CEOs and founders are either Iranians or Indians, the founders from Ebay to Drop box are Iranians. Even looking at India that has large number themselves, the Parsi community is by far the most successful domestically. It's a shame what Iran could've been.
one fun question ! iran has a bad and crazy government, right ?! so why there are so many well-educated peoples ? how about another one ? if the government wants the people to be quiet and dumb so they can't question their incompetence, how's that there are spending so much money on education that their levels of education in match those of developed countries ?
@@outlawfly664 Yep those parsi community people from Persia are very successful here. Most of them reside in Mumbai , india's financial capital. And many of them are billionaire. As compared to their small population of just few thousands , their share in India's billionaire list is huge . Even the Tata company who own TCS and Jaguar land lower was started by a parsi , jamshedji tata .
@@outlawfly664 that statement is not true. While there are certainly individuals of Iranian and Indian descent who have made significant contributions in the technology industry, it is incorrect to claim that "pretty much most" of the current CEOs and founders in Silicon Valley are Iranians or Indians. Silicon Valley is a diverse and multicultural hub that attracts talented individuals from around the world, including people from various backgrounds and nationalities. Many successful companies and startups in Silicon Valley have been founded by individuals from different countries and ethnicities.
We all know the main reason. Brain Drain...... I'm in my mid-thirties. The amount of similar aged men and women I've met which have left Iran is high. They are usually very well spoken and educated.
But even if those people stayed, what would they be doing? How do we know their productivity would be properly utilized? That the incentives would be setup to make them boost "growth"? Maybe it's part of the issue, but how do we know it's the main one?
@@donpetrossi It wouldn't. Iranians think they're the laziest people in the world, and that stereotype would absolutely be confirmed if you walk into any government office in Tehran. Yet when they migrate to developed countries they work very hard.
@@beback_ yeah that's what I was thinking. Brain drain implies all the skilled people leave, which impairs the country by leaving only unskilled people. While I'm sure most skilled people want to leave, not all of them can, which means you still have lots of skilled people unable to realize their full utility or potential due to the other limitations in Iran like corruption and sanctions, etc. So seems like brain drain is a secondary issue..
This is one of the few instances where a country's stability doesn't translate to confidence. On the stability side, with the exception of the recent protests, Iran has had the same government since the revolution and has avoided a direct war since the 80s. The Confidence side is a different story however, due to all the factors mentioned in this video. Maybe stability and confidence should be ranked separately?
Economically it may be business operating environment stability that matters, and Iranian bonyads and central government control is quicksand to businesses
If you have, hypothetically, a single dictator for 50+ years, but he is crazy, and changes policies on a whim that can completely upend decision making, then that might be "stable" in the form of who is in charge, but is not "stable" in terms of the rules you have to strategize around. True "stability" would require that the rules are fair and consistent, that if I go in today under a certain set of rules, that those rules are likely to be the same twenty years later, or at least any changes made would be fair and predictable (like a new regulation after a disaster made it clear such regulation was needed, rather than "because The Boss says so.")
They may have a secure grip over the country. But no one likes them. That’s why stability will always be low. Even with all the paramilitary and police in place sometimes even the most repressed population will have had enough and just refuse to work. Something similar happened in China over the Covid lockdowns. The regime didn’t change but it did reverse its policy decision. It would be nice if it didn’t take blood in the streets to accomplish this, but that’s how things are in totalitarian states.
Iran has some very bright graduates. It is one of few countries in middle east and central asia where you can rely on local workers. Getting something done in some countries you have to send a legion of engineers.
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This rings true with Iran's ancient history as well, which I always found interesting. To think Iran was once upon a time an empire bringing values like, for example, freedom of religion to other countries. One of the true ancient enlightened civilizations
"freedom" of religion is an oxymoron especially in Iran's case as Iran founded Abrahamic religions plus so-called "Indian" religions and then forced them upon humanity.
The odd thing is Iran does shine a bit with its transport infrastructure. Tehran has a subway system to rival many East Asian or European cities, and is also building out more subway and light rail systems outside the capital. It's also constructing high speed rail and building new airports and road infrastructure. It gets around sanctions by using a lot of Chinese technology and labour.
Natural resources ARE the reason we bacame miserable in the first place. The combination of oil and religious state have never occured with democracy at the same time. A government whose main income is oil instead of tax, is a government that doesn't rely on its people and doesn't have to answer to them. At the same time tax income makes a regime want financial gains for it's people at all costs, cuz they would gain a portion of that income. Where as in Iran the regime sells oil and therefore they rely on their customers and resources instead of people. On the other hand religion plays the role of legitimacy instead of people, since they are the holy representatives of god and his prophet. What role people are playing then? Naught.
@@Go-gn1cz religion & natural resources (especially oil), are the recipe of a successful dictatorship. It doesn't mean every dictator has them both. Though it means you can't have both and be democratic, it just hasn't happened yet.
Would be VERY interesting to see Chile been analyzed, considering: current crisis in terms of political uncertainty (constitutional change on its way), but also having HUGE potential on key industries for the near future: copper (largest industry in the country, and main producer worldwide), lithium (on path to match copper) and green hydrogen
@@JitzyJT There's many Governments that lean Left without being Communist. I'm Australian. We recently elected a Labour Govt that derives its power from Labour Unions. Virtually every member of the Government is a member of a Labour Union. But we're definitely not what you'd describe as Communist. That said, nearly all our Parties are Left of America's two Parties. We're not giving up Universal Health Care and a $22 an hour Minimum Wage. Both of those things would be non starters in the US.
A real shame indeed, hopefully one day Iran would have a better, politically free political model and a high-income advanced economy with good foreign relations with every other country in the world.
Because he will make sure that it will always hold back growth, either indirectly or directly well, pretending like nothing is happening, and they are the good people and the free people
And I am glad that what you wish for will never happen. It is impossible for the Iranian regime to establish good relations with terrorist countries in the world such as America, Israel and Britain just because a mindless person like you wants to. It seems that you have reached a degree of degradation. You love to live at the mercy of others, to be humiliated and humiliated, just so that you can find a living, and this is what honorable people will not do.
@@rafanadir6958 because as I said it is messed up. People living in other countries can't realistically imagine what's going on here, what he presented to you in this short video documentary was a simplified imperfect introductionary to why Iran has become the crippled state that it is today I don't blame him because there is shortage of insightfull information about my country abroad and this a economy channel and economy here is to intertwined with politics and history
We the gen Z of Iran cannon believe it neither. People with the help of global super powers overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty and brought in the terrorist Shia Mollas to end the 3500 year civilization.
Iran is close enough to India to make sea bound CNG much cheaper than LNG. Given the small footprint and construction time, India could take 1/3rd of Iran's entire production (future) once the sanctions are lifted.
@@normanclatcher just like how the west is starting to look the other way on India buying cheap (not so cheap if you ask me) Russian oil and exporting the refined petroleum product back to the hypocrites
No dearth of oil and gas resources. we are living in an artificial curtailed supply market otherwise oil is not even worth $10 per barrel if all supply hit market
It’s the common sense thing to do. But this government doesn’t want what’s in the interest of Iran, they prefer to use Strait of Hormuz as a political weapon to threaten their neighbors and the west so building a pipeline to India would make this threat meaningless. It would benefit the regime economically but it would remove one weapon from their arsenal.
Great video, But what you said sums up our mentality in the west “Iran could be a great economic power” what you mean is, if it does as we in the west say it can grow. We let China grow and now we are sanctioning it not for war, but because it became too big and a challenge to us. I am amazed by Irans development under sanctions. I wish our governments didn’t sanction other countries and allowed multiple types of government but we only want democracy’s that we can control.
Just out of curiosity when i was younger (22, so an adult) i rented for 3 weeks a mp3 Farsi learning audio book. I was amaze at the progress i was making 😳 if Iran was able to reach at least half of its potential, people will be learning their language too. Even just to travel.
@@mostafakhademi4654Yeah, right. Killing teen-agers on the street for bad hijab and gassing schoolgirls sounds like a lovely safe country. Don't lie. And don't think I am some westerner spreading lies. I am married to an Iranian and have friends and family there. I am kept very well informed about the truth of what goes on in Iran.
Iran has one of best brain power. I am an electronics student and I find many papers related to my field from iranian origin scientist. My Phd. guide is also going to be an iranian origin madam😅
Man I'm lucky af my mothers irish my dads american and I was born in switzerland I am the top 3 of the Economics Explained Leaderboard yet i'm still broke.
I'm an American, I have a huge interest/respect for Iran (I always think Persian) culture. I'd love to go visit and to see Iran prosper. Sad to see human/nation potential being squandered
Sanction is a weapon of mass destruction! Sanctions, war and coup are three things that America pursues in its foreign policy. It has nothing to do with the opposite country. With a lie, they can attack Iraq, sanction Iran with a lie, and stage a coup in Venezuela with a lie! The US just wants to impose its orders on other countries! By war, by coup or by sanctions! The truth is, he doesn't care how many millions of people fall victim to his wishes.
Not all regime-controlled entitites that have a large influence on economy are called Bonyad. Revolutionary Guard Corps (Sepah) is the largest and perhaps the most influential among them. Sepah is a military organization that was created to protect the Islamic Republic and its ideals. While its primary focus is on defense and security, it has expanded its influence beyond the military sphere and has a significant presence in Iran's economy. It operates numerous businesses and controls various economic sectors, making it one of the most powerful entities in Iran.
“He would see the kingdom burnt to the ground if he could be king of the ashes.” This quote from A song of Ice and Fire applies equally well to the Ayatollah.
The sad thing is Iran seems to have missed the bus. If situation doesn't change in the next 15-20 years then Iran would lose all it's demographic dividend and once it's gone, it's gone forever. Iran will start turning into an ageing society in the coming decades so the time for rapid growth is right now. Even if Iran becomes democratic in the 2040s it would be too late and majority of their human potential would have been wasted by then.
Iran is a islamic society and their birth rate might increase also . Birth decrease with time is a phenomenon more closely related to other religions and secular countries, not islamic . Like in Egypt tfr increase from 3 to 3.5 between 2008-2014 , that was a surprise increase. People in islamic countries have more tfr , so they can increase their population with some efforts
Iran and DPRK have become frightening counterexamples to the assumed correctness of modern economic philosophy. People just sorta take it a a given that being a wealthy _country_ is desirable and necessary, and that is how you rank them. But today we can clearly see that even with sanctions and a poor economy, the rulers of a country can still a life of wealth and privilege... so from their perspective, a big economy doesn't actually gain them much and isn't all that important.
Very surprising and sad that as a country with such natural resources, climate, beauty, culture history educated people in all Middle Asia , is what it is today,it has a potential to be back to its original place..always liked Iranians friendly and jovial, best wishes
It does appear that politics place some of the greatest limitations on certain nations. What makes this even worse is how inter- and intraconnected economies are to the point that it creates so many variables that either harm or enhance potential. If and how Iran lives up to its potential will be interesting to see and hopefully be resolved with the least damage to people and their livelihood.
When US ousts a democratic leader, it is natural for a more religious one to take the reigns. This situation was further exacerbated when the US imposed sanctions on it, partly to inprove its relations with rivals.
I really find it interesting. Many sources say iran is in the 20 largest economies in the world, others say it is one of the smallest. Iran itself doesn't issue a statement and seems to prefer it to remain unknown. I can only think of the fact that rampant corruption and lack of correct regulations have gone as far as to make it completeley impossible to calculate accurately, and the government definetely seems to be profitting the most of this, as the lack of transparency is helping them to make billions personally, as well as not letting their ennemies know what is going on exactly, and therefore keep telling their population how sanctions are the reason they are currently broke. However I must admit that from the places I've been to, Iran is more developed and more industrial, with higher living standards than what you would expect from a country like it. There is definitely a bunch of capital floating around, sanctions seem to have their effects as well but corruption seems to have a greater effect.
Issue is it should be a 1-5 trillion economy that is now a 300 billion economy because of bad government. Iran should be the south korea or germany of the middle east(at least) but they hv turned it into north korea of middle east!
@@eljangoolak it could have been close to 2-2.5 trillion with the vast resources and more importantly it's educated people. Saudi also has oil but it's people are not that good in scientific education as that of Iranians .
@@jaimelannister141 No , it is not 18th. Nominal GDP of iran is 370 billion $ , it is far away from top 20 economies. On 18th we have Saudi Arabia who economy is close to 1 trillion $
@@sidy6526 The nominal GDP of Iran cannot be correctly calculated due to the fluctuations of the US dollar in their free market. And honestly, the concept of nominal GDP is quite meaningless when you don't intend to exchange goods using US dollar. The PPP GDP of Iran which is what matters is about 1.8 trillion dollars.
Im looking forward for an episode on Ecuador. It uses the US dollar as it currency and relies mostly on oil exports but it has a wide percentage of it population on the verge of poverty. Its just a very interesting case.
It would be interesting to see some Latin American countries covered on your channel mate. There is even the potential for a video covering the cyclical issues faced by the vast majority of Latin American countries and their economies.
In ancient times, 2500 years ago, on the territory of modern Iran, there were many empires in different periods. For Europeans, for example, I will say Parthia and the Parthian Empire. It was at that time the second - the third richest state in the world. After the Roman Empire and China. And Iran's location, its climate, its culture, its education may indeed allow the country to have a GDP of several trillion dollars or more, and Iran may once again be one of the most influential countries in the world in terms of economy. All that is needed is to throw out the stupid religious crazy government and make a normal secular government again that will be focused on the development of the country and not on wars.
Unfortunately.... The shortcomings of Iran's current regime has nothing to do with it being "backward" or "religious". The problem is with the "iranian" political, social and business mentality that existed before the islamic revolution and will endure after it. Nepotism, corruption, an easy-going attitude toward life, tribal mindset, etc. Those are the things that must be addressed, and assuming everything will be fine and dandy as soon as the mullah are ousted is overly optimistic. Iranians didn't have a success/company/self sacrifice mindset (like Japan or Germany) under the previous regime and won't magically have one under the next.
@@husseinbonaud1883 You definitely don't need a "self-sacrifice" mentality to progress. Such a mentality probably was necessary for countries like Japan and Germany to progress- countries that don't really have any natural resources; but for an incredibly resource-rich country such as Iran, it's not necessary at all. Take Qataris, for example: they barely work at all and yet are well-off and doing pretty good. Why? Natural resources. Look at the French. There's no way they'd sacrifice their personal life for anything else, and yet they're among the most powerful and influential nations in the world, both economically and militarily. As for nepotism and corruption, I totally agree with you. That's a problem that runs deep in Iranian society and has, in fact, been holding Iran back for thousands of years. Did it stop Iran from being among the top three most rich and powerful countries on earth for almost all of its ancient history? No. Will it make it impossible for Iran to become a rich and powerful nation again? Not really. Iran was rampart with corruption and nepotism in the Pahlavi era, and yet it was also among the top 5 economies in the world, and its military was probably the best in the whole of Asia.
@@husseinbonaud1883nah it's definitely a religious issue as the government is hard-line religious maniacs. I'm not sure what you mean by "tribal mindset" as most Iranians are very educated as seen on this video and follow western practices more than most of the neighbouring countries lol.
It's mostly not about "caring", although Iran surely isn't perfect, but rather mostly about US-led economic and technological sanctions. However, recently Russia has left the technological sanctions regime to a large extent, and Iran is also said to be in talks about joining the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Iran could have been the next South Korea or Japan or even Germany. Their talents are pretty much limitless and not for one particular system either. It can go for the best of both worlds even. Such a missed opportunity.
Lift all sanctions and ask US to leave the region, then you'll see Iran as wealthy and prosperous as UAE if not better. Interestingly, hardly more prosperous, West backed Sharia lands like Saudi dont get the same level of scrutiny and mourning despite having stricter versions of Islamic law and almost no democratic dimension.
6:45 I don't know where did get this from, but no, the "Bonyads" and other institutions of the regime such as the revolutionary guard are not "quiet popular", they despised by our people.
I had to laugh when I saw Ireland at number 2 on the GDP rankings. More like number 30 in reality. Hugely skewed by the parking of billions of intellectual property (which generates massive licensing fees) in ireland. Every western European country citizen has more spendable income than Irish residents.
I used to be bitter, support certain countries and wish bad things for certain others. But nowadays I am starting to understand that people all across the world are caught in the same dilemma, that is if leaders ruled efficiently EVERYONE could have a generally better standard of living - it's possible. Sadly it is not the case. Because we continue to fight pointless wars, we continue to argue over oil price and natural resources, we continue to trust what the news says instead of our own judgement. At least channels like this are spreading awareness and education, which is the way out of this. I shed a tear in hopes of a better future for all of humanity.
What type of awareness is being spreaded here? This video is neglecting all political reasons for economic malfunction. Iran is sanctioned by USA because for rightful reasons Iran does not agree american policies and the solution this video suggests is "just surrender!" for the sake of GDP :))) So this is our answer "NEVER"
We are five days away, from the 115th anniversary of the 1908 discovery of oil in Persia. Which is 30-50 years prior to any similar discovery, to take place in the various states of Arabia. It’s quite sad, that even by now, at the tail-end of the oil age. Iranians are yet to reap the rewards of this tens-of-millions old resource. I wonder if any of them fathom that reality. That they are living through the twilight, of what was, a once in every 30-50 million years opportunity.
A nation having a vertical power structure similar to the USSR doesn’t undergo changes from the bottom layer of the society. It’s always the council or the party supremo who can enact changes. That’s the harsh reality. So unless the religious council or Khomeini himself decides to restructure the economy, we won’t be able to witness any economic miracle in Iran.
This country is economically huge, they do developed domestic economy instead of crashing all economy to become gas stop without national sovereignty. Respect to this. No benefit to going the root of western consumerism which does not produce much of a benefit to the society.
Thank you for taking a look at iran it’s nice to see that some western people still think about us and how we are becoming poorer and poorer and thrown back to the 1920s era lol
@@Kuricang31 the wealth inequality in Iran is pretty insane. I remembered reading that Tehran has one of the highest concentrations of Porsche owners in the world.
Not sure if I'm not mixing stuff up, but I believe Iran was the center of Islam's thought for quite some time in the past, including maths and architecture among others, sometimes ahead of the times in global terms. It is really exhaustingly sad to see how much damage a few wrong people at the wrong time in the wrong place can cause, even for their own descendants (not meaning those in power, as they fare well most likely, but those descending from regime change supporters for example - such short-sightedness...). Coming from Poland, I think here we know something about significant potential (relatively high levels of general population's education, innate entrepreneurship, hard-working ethics etc. running within society) can go to waste for decades due to history's peculiar sense of humor... Hope to see some of that potential realised in the future, all the best to all Iranians from Warsaw!
@harrysnothead8939They are still Persia. Persia is what the Greeks called the Pars kingdom who conquered the rest of Iran under Cyrus and Persia became the word that the West used for Iran itself. Iran was called Persia by the West until the 1930s
As one of the millions of unemployed Iranian youth, this video was very sad for me. I hope this religious regime will be overthrown so that we can see better days in Iran and Iran's economy.
@@AliAliAliAli062 overthrowing the government is not the solution for the current economic problems. US sanctions needs to be lifted which is unlikely bcz of US just don't want a strong Iran.
@@night_wolf9734 Do you Live In Iran? So you know nothing about Islamic regime, our problem isn't just economic. On the other hand, the US sanctions against the regime are in most cases completely correct for weaken this regime so that the people can change the regime and have a free economy in the next government, but the repressions and killings of the current regime have postponed this overthrow for the time being.
The beginning of the video stated that 10% of the Iranian workforce works for the government in money losing operations. The author of the video said "these workers who are dependent on the government won't speak out against the government they are dependent on." Things not mentioned: 15% of Americans are employed by the government in money losing operations. Love the self reporting, Among Us all over again.
Key difference is that the us government can change hands via elections instead of just revolution - in Iran there is no way to change government rule without changing the government structure
I think some of the causes of their pro isn’t entirely their fault, the issue is much more complicated. For example if Iran starts selling oil on the global market it will cause the other producers to lose money, Saudi Arabia puts its oil profits back into the US economy by buying hundreds of billions in weapons and investing in the stock market and real estate, among other investments in businesses. If Money Saudi Arabia ends up losing to Iran is less money invested back into US economy, and it’s a similar situation with the other major producers. So to prevent them from competent they make reasons to punish them with sanctions. Saudi Arabia has been accused of worse and has been caught red handed yet no sanctions against them. There are other “conflicts of interest” that have contributed to Irans current situation which cannot be explained in a short video essay.
Agreed. History is very telling. USA and England deposed the shah bc he created monopoly of oil. Instability in the Middle East is what USA is very good at. Look at history if u don’t agree. Weird that USA brought in the Ayatollah and now is fighting the results (Houthis and Hamas and taliban backed by Iran) and the average person doesn’t see that or understand
There's no economy plan... Bonaduce and the politicians are stealing all the money the country makes... and in reality the gdp per capita is less than 2k
Iran is doing better than many many countries in the world trust me we are in worst conditions than Iran .......Iranian economy is still bigger than KSA and many other countries as per World Bank
It's all about control. An educated, comfortable population starts asking questions the rulers don't want asked and are harder to control and manipulate. The US had this problem until they started dumbing down education. The problem now is that a sizable chunk of the population is being manipulated by someone other than the traditional ruling parties ;)
Here is IMF's comment on Iran (totally debunking the initial statements of this video): Iran, world's 22nd largest economy based on GDP (PPP): IMF With its GDP (PPP) of $1.596 trillion in 2022, Iran has been recognized as the 22nd largest economic power in the world in the past year, according to which Iran's economy is bigger than the economies of 171 other countries in the world.Apr 14, 2023
@@Alexander-vo4gv that is a false assumption. The IMF has free access to Iran, and has had so uninterrupted. They conduct their own assessment for the global investment community. Otherwise, IMF'S work would be disregarded. Where they cannot assess they say so. I rather trust a global source of information than a RU-vid video maker who has never been there. IMF has offices throughout the country. The Obama sactions of 2012 were effective because they were entirely based on the IMF Iran report of 2011.
Having a lot of natural resources does,nt guarantee economic growth and prosperity in the end it comes down to the leadership and its vision for the country
@@JitzyJT uh bec the most hated country on earth destroyed their home country and in order to start a better life they go back to the country (usa) that destroyed their home country. and the rest is sheep falling for "the best country in the world" propaganda
What are you talking about iran is one of the richest countries, also in natural resources, it’s because of the sanctions the ushell puts on us , but its going to be changed soon , we paid a heavy price for our independence, we are an ancient country we will never obey a 400 year old country 😂
I've been to 52 countries so far. Iran is my favourite, 1 fantastic thing about the sanctions is that it's the CHEAPEST country for travel in the world. So please go and see this beautiful place whilst you can. The current political climate has relaxed and you can go 👍
current political climate being women on the street demanding justice for not having to hide their hair because some dude's peepee go big seeing it and that gets them (the women) brutally beat up by an untouchable above-the-law revolutionnary force.
@@astonm1990 the people love giving hospitality foreigners. The women are beautiful, caring and interested. Yes the food is amazing. Top archeological sites all over the place. Super safe. Super easy to travel. Great mountain ranges. What more do you want?
@@mwanikimwaniki6801 Yeah maybe. I think a video on our handling of debt , China relations, our economic standing in Africa, economic policies and how those affect our development would be a good watch
