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Iranian Political Economic News
Iranian Public Rates Lifting Sanctions as Highest Priority
Inflation, Housing Crisis, Corruption & Mismanagement Can All Benefit from Lifting Sanctions
The Donya-ye Eqtesad news outlet on Monday announced the results of its survey of 2,000 readers regarding what should be the priorities of Iran’s next president:
- removing international economic sanctions 54%
- curbing inflation 30%
- other issues 8%
- social challenges 5%
- housing production 3%
This came after the Guardian Council on Sunday approved six candidates to run in the June 28 presidential election.
Why the Public Prioritizes Lifting Sanctions
The public favors brokering a deal with the international community to lift economic sanctions in exchange for nuclear concessions above other socio-economic goals for a number of reasons.For example, there is still a deal on the table to do so. The international community and the Iranian government have been engaged in back-channel talks for the past several years to strike a deal in the same vein as the Joint…
