{"id":8361,"date":"2025-12-26T21:36:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8361"},"modified":"2026-01-01T22:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:06:11","slug":"8361","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/12\/26\/8361\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Another Regime mismanagement that only hurts the domestic economy.\u00a0 \u201cThe downturn [in international rug sales] accelerated after 2018, when then US president Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and imposed \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d sanctions. As foreign reserves tightened, Iran required exporters to sell part of their foreign-currency earnings to the central bank at the official exchange rate rather than at market rates. The rule destroyed incentives to export, Industry representatives said. \u201cIt completely paralysed the sector. None of them have any motivation to stay active in global markets,\u201d said Abdollah Bahrami, head of the National Union of Handwoven Carpet Co-operatives.\u201d\u00a0 See \u201cIran\u2019s handwoven carpet industry hits record low under sanctions \u2013 FT,”<\/a>\u00a0Iran International, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m understanding this correctly, Iran arrests smugglers, but then won\u2019t return the oil they stole, and instead Iran says it will keep the oil.\u00a0 Sounds like two sets of pirates \u2026.\u00a0 See \u201cIran to keep fuel cargo seized from foreign tanker,\u201d<\/a> Mehr, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cRare Iranian police videos protesting low wages spark public reaction,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Comes After the Axis of Resistance?\u00a0 The Abiding Power of Sectarianism in the Middle East,\u201d<\/a> Foreign Affairs, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran set to launch new domestically developed satellites into space,\u201d<\/a> Press TV, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cReservoir supplying Iran capital remains largely empty despite rain,\u201d<\/a> Al Arabiya, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

I do allow other voices on this blog.\u00a0 Here I\u2019ve posted someone that no undergrads should take a Middle East or IR class from (he teaches biology at the Univ. of Toledo), though\u2014basically all his arguments are outside the regular thoughts of countries, journals, the news, etc.\u00a0 See \u201cThe Silent Takeover:\u00a0 How Iran will control the Arabian Gulf,\u201d<\/a> Arab-American News, 12-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0Oh, and he made a mistake in his presentation\u2014to support his cause, he should call it the Persian Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran seizes oil tanker carrying smuggled fuel on Strait of Hormuz, state news agency says,\u201d<\/a> CBS, 12-26-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cBruised but undeterred: Iran braces for more risks in 2026, experts say,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-26-25.\u00a0\u00a0If Iran would spend its money on its people and not on unneeded missiles, the world\/region\/country would be a better place!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another Regime mismanagement that only hurts the domestic economy.\u00a0 \u201cThe downturn [in international rug sales] accelerated after 2018, when then US president Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal and imposed \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d sanctions. As foreign reserves tightened, Iran required exporters to sell part of their foreign-currency earnings to the central bank at the … <\/p>\n

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