The country’s economy is in freefall, with the Iranian currency Riyal at a low point, and inflation out of control - The Iranian regime continues to behave as if it were under siege, its focus riveted to its nuclear program, which it sees as a means to gain concessions from the major powers. Foreign policy influence completely takes priority; meanwhile the country’s economy is in freefall, with the Iranian currency Riyal at a low point, and inflation out of control.
The recent nuclear talks between the P5+1 (UN Security Council's five permanent members -- China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States plus Germany) and Iran held in Vienna in December 2021 serve to prove this point.
Right at the start, they were rocked by Iran’s declaration that it would increase its process of uranium enrichment, the Guardian reported.
The result was a dramatic drop in the value of the riyal, boosting Iran’s already skyrocketing inflation. The Iranian riyal was selling for as much a
